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Educational Methods

2013

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Eric D Teman, J.D., Ph.D.

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Factorial Invariance Of The Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale Across Sex And Students’ Classification, Eric D. Teman Ph.D. Apr 2013

Factorial Invariance Of The Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale Across Sex And Students’ Classification, Eric D. Teman Ph.D.

Eric D Teman, J.D., Ph.D.

The Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS) was used to measure statistics anxiety across 423 graduate and undergraduate students from a midsized university, in the western United States. Students’ responses were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess the validity of scores from the proposed six factor model, which was well-fitting, according to various adjunct fi t indexes. Students’ responses were then examined using multigroup CFA to explore factorial invariance across sex and student classification (i.e., undergraduates and graduates). The model was found to be factorially invariant across sex, but not across student classification, possibly meaning graduate and undergraduate students …

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A Rasch Analysis Of The Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale, Eric D. Teman Ph.D. Dec 2012

A Rasch Analysis Of The Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale, Eric D. Teman Ph.D.

Eric D Teman, J.D., Ph.D.

The conceptualization of a distinct construct known as statistics anxiety has led to the development of numerous rating scales, including the Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS), designed to assess levels of statistics anxiety. In the current study, the STARS was administered to a sample of 423 undergraduate and graduate students from a midsized, western United States university. The Rasch measurement rating scale model was used to analyze scores from the STARS. Misfitting items were removed from the analysis. In general, items from the six subscales represented a broad range of abilities, with the major exception being a lack of items …

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