School_type_primary - state (including Church schools) or private. School_type_secondary - state (including Church schools) or private. School_type_A-levels - state (including Church schools) or private. Primary_teacher_patience - 1 = very patient, 7 = very impatient Primary_teacher_kindness - 1 = very kind, 7 = very unkind Primary_teacher_explanatory - this refers to the teacher's perceived ability to explain maths concepts. 1 = very poor, 7 = very good Primary_teacher_knowledge - this refers to the teacher's perceived knowledge of maths. 1 = poor, 7 = very good. Secondary_teacher_patience - 1 = very patient, 7 = very impatient Secondary_teacher_kindness - 1 = very kind, 7 = very unkind Secondary_teacher_explanatory: this refers to the teacher's perceived ability to explain maths concepts. 1 = very poor, 7 = very good Secondary_teacher_knowledge: this refers to the teacher's perceived knowledge of maths. 1 = poor, 7 = very good. Lifetime_rating: respondent's ratings of their lifetime experiences of learning maths. 1 = very good, 7 = very poor. Maths_confidence: 1 = very low confidence, 7 = very high confidence. Arithmetic_ability: 1 = very poor , 7 = very high. Course_confidence: confidence about coping with the course . 1 = very high, and 7 = very low. Statistics_anxiety: anxiety about learning statistics: 1 = not all anxious, 7 = very highly anxious. Essay_ability: rating of ability to write essays. 1 = very poor, and 7 = very high. Essay_anxiety: anxiety about writing Psychology essays. 1 = not at all anxious, and 7 = very anxious. StatsAnxietycategorical: the data in statistics anxiety were turned into a categorical variable by dichotomising them. and a "high anxiety" group. People who gave ratings of 1, 2 or 3 were classified as belonging to the "low anxiety" group, and people who gave ratings of 5, 6
School_type_primary - state (including Church schools) or private. School_type_secondary - state (including Church schools) or private. School_type_A-levels - state (including Church schools) or private. Primary_teacher_patience - 1 = very patient, 7 = very impatient Primary_teacher_kindness - 1 = very kind, 7 = very unkind Primary_teacher_explanatory - this refers to the teacher's perceived ability to explain maths concepts. 1 = very poor, 7 = very good Primary_teacher_knowledge - this refers to the teacher's perceived knowledge of maths. 1 = poor, 7 = very good. Secondary_teacher_patience - 1 = very patient, 7 = very impatient Secondary_teacher_kindness - 1 = very kind, 7 = very unkind Secondary_teacher_explanatory: this refers to the teacher's perceived ability to explain maths concepts. 1 = very poor, 7 = very good Secondary_teacher_knowledge: this refers to the teacher's perceived knowledge of maths. 1 = poor, 7 = very good. Lifetime_rating: respondent's ratings of their lifetime experiences of learning maths. 1 = very good, 7 = very poor. Maths_confidence: 1 = very low confidence, 7 = very high confidence. Arithmetic_ability: 1 = very poor , 7 = very high. Course_confidence: confidence about coping with the course . 1 = very high, and 7 = very low. Statistics_anxiety: anxiety about learning statistics: 1 = not all anxious, 7 = very highly anxious. Essay_ability: rating of ability to write essays. 1 = very poor, and 7 = very high. Essay_anxiety: anxiety about writing Psychology essays. 1 = not at all anxious, and 7 = very anxious. StatsAnxietycategorical: the data in statistics anxiety were turned into a categorical variable by dichotomising them. and a "high anxiety" group. People who gave ratings of 1, 2 or 3 were classified as belonging to the "low anxiety" group, and people who gave ratings of 5, 6