Attitudes Towards Statistics in Secondary Education: Findings from fsQCA

• Published in: Mathematics (Basel) Vol. 8; no. 5; p. 804
• Main Authors: Peiró-Signes, Ángel, Trull, Óscar, Segarra-Oña, Marival, García-Díaz, J. Carlos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2020
• Subjects: Anxiety; Attitudes; Confidence intervals; Education; Emotions; fsQCA; Fuzzy sets; Learning; Mathematical models; Mathematics; motivation; Qualitative analysis; Researchers; Secondary education; Self image; self-confidence; Statistics; Students; Studies; Teaching methods; Spain

Students report a high degree of anxiety and reduced self-confidence when facing statistical subjects, especially in secondary education. This anxiety turns into poor academic performance. Most studies have used linear models for studying the interrelation between different attitudes and proving the...