Comparative Study on Attitude towards Statistics for Business Undergraduates
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Physics, Mathematics and Statistics - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to compare the attitudes towards statistics for business course for undergraduate students. Data were collected from 250 students for pretest study while 255 students from the posttest who were enrolled in Business Statistics course. The quantitative approach was used to compare attitudes of the students towards statistics course using the pretest and posttest version of SATS-36 instrument validated and copyrighted by Candace Schau. The result shows that group of students with positive attitude marked highest scores in all components while negative attitude have the lowest scores in all components. Neutral attitude marked scores in between the two groups. On average, it was shown that attitude of the students towards the course were slightly decreased from pretest to posttest,nevertheless, theanalysisis still positive and the frequency of positive items were increased from pretest to posttest. However, statistically there is a significant difference between the pretest and posttest under difficulty, interest and effort component. In addition, no significant differences found from the other components. The pretest and posttest instruments of Survey of Attitude towards Statistics (SATS) were employed to compare the attitude level of the students towards the course. The aim of this study is to compare the attitude of the students towards statistics for business course before and after taking the course.
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Ariel F. Melad
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