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THE STRUCTURE OF ATTITUDE TOWARD QUANTITATIVE CONCEPTS
Multivariate Behavioral Research
|January 26, 2016
Summary
This study explored graduate students' attitudes toward quantitative concepts like math and statistics. Findings reveal that perceptions are structured both within specific concepts and across multiple quantitative domains.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Quantitative Psychology
Background:
- Understanding attitudes toward quantitative concepts is crucial for academic success.
- Previous research has not fully explored the dimensional structure of these attitudes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the dimensionality of attitudes toward quantitative concepts among graduate students.
- To investigate how different quantitative concepts (Algebra, Statistics, Mathematics, Numbers, Calculations, Formulas) are perceived.
Main Methods:
- A semantic differential instrument with 14 evaluative scales was administered to 311 graduate students.
- An obliquely rotated principal factor analysis was employed to analyze the data.
Main Results:
- Two primary categories of interpretable factors emerged from the analysis.
- Factors were identified based on scales within individual quantitative concepts and across multiple concepts.
Conclusions:
- Attitudes toward quantitative concepts exhibit a complex dimensional structure.
- Perceptions are influenced by both concept-specific and cross-concept relationships.
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