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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Main Authors:	Abd Hamid, Harris Shah, Sulaiman, Muhamad Karimi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	BF725 Class psychology LB1050.9 Educational psychology LB2300 Higher Education
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/37908/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/37908/1/Factor_structure_of_SAS.pdf

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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 Conference or Workshop Item 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.
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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
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.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abd Hamid, Harris Shah Sulaiman, Muhamad Karimi
author_facet	Abd Hamid, Harris Shah Sulaiman, Muhamad Karimi
author_sort	Abd Hamid, Harris Shah
title	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_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_sort	factor structure of statistical anxiety scale (sas) for a malaysian sample
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/37908/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/37908/1/Factor_structure_of_SAS.pdf
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Factor structure of Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) for a Malaysian sample

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