Factor structure of Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) for a Malaysian sample

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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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Additional Information:	4733/37908
Uncontrolled Keywords:	statistics anxiety, psychology students, factor structure, SEM
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF725 Class psychology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1050.9 Educational psychology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Psychology
Depositing User:	Br Harris Shah Abd Hamid
Date Deposited:	08 Sep 2014 16:01
Last Modified:	19 Jun 2018 11:53
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/37908

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