Factor structure of Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) for a Malaysian sample
A negative relationship between statistics anxiety and performance in statistics course had been demonstrated among Malaysian students, but the factor structure of the anxiety measure had not been examined. This paper seeks to examine the factor structure of Statistical...
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| author | Abd Hamid, Harris Shah Sulaiman, Muhamad Karimi |
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| description | A negative relationship between statistics anxiety and performance in statistics course had
been demonstrated among Malaysian students, but the factor structure of the anxiety measure
had not been examined. This paper seeks to examine the factor structure of Statistical
Anxiety Scale (SAS) in Malaysian samples. The scale was administered to 342 undergraduate
students who took Introduction to Psychology course at a Malaysia university. Principal axis
factor with Promax rotation revealed five factor solution and confirmatory factor analysis was
performed in AMOS. The analysis produced a four factor model and an independent variable
that fit the data. This divergence from the original three factor structure is worth exploring. |
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| spelling | iium-379082018-06-19T03:53:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/37908/ Factor structure of Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) for a Malaysian sample Abd Hamid, Harris Shah Sulaiman, Muhamad Karimi BF725 Class psychology LB1050.9 Educational psychology LB2300 Higher Education A negative relationship between statistics anxiety and performance in statistics course had been demonstrated among Malaysian students, but the factor structure of the anxiety measure had not been examined. This paper seeks to examine the factor structure of Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) in Malaysian samples. The scale was administered to 342 undergraduate students who took Introduction to Psychology course at a Malaysia university. Principal axis factor with Promax rotation revealed five factor solution and confirmatory factor analysis was performed in AMOS. The analysis produced a four factor model and an independent variable that fit the data. This divergence from the original three factor structure is worth exploring. 2014-08 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37908/1/Factor_structure_of_SAS.pdf Abd Hamid, Harris Shah and Sulaiman, Muhamad Karimi (2014) Factor structure of Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) for a Malaysian sample. In: The 11th International Postgraduate Research Colloquium (IPRC 2014), 21-22 Aug. 2014, Serdang, Selangor. |
| spellingShingle | BF725 Class psychology LB1050.9 Educational psychology LB2300 Higher Education Abd Hamid, Harris Shah Sulaiman, Muhamad Karimi Factor structure of Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) for a Malaysian sample |
| title | Factor structure of Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) for a
Malaysian sample |
| title_full | Factor structure of Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) for a
Malaysian sample |
| title_fullStr | Factor structure of Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) for a
Malaysian sample |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factor structure of Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) for a
Malaysian sample |
| title_short | Factor structure of Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) for a
Malaysian sample |
| title_sort | factor structure of statistical anxiety scale (sas) for a
malaysian sample |
| topic | BF725 Class psychology LB1050.9 Educational psychology LB2300 Higher Education |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/37908/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/37908/1/Factor_structure_of_SAS.pdf |