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Relationship between Selected Variables and Statistics Achievement: Building a Theoretical Model.

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Elmore, Patricia B.; Vasu, Ellen S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980

The effect of attitudes toward mathematics-related coursework, previous mathematics coursework, student sex, spatial ability, and masculinity-femininity of interest pattern on statistics achievement were studied in 188 graduate students. Sex-related differences were found in mathematics attitude, spatial visualization, and achievement in the…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Mathematics Education

A Model of Statistics Achievement Using Spatial Ability, Feminist Attitudes and Mathematics-Related Variables as Predictors.

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Elmore, Patricia B.; Vasu, Ellen Storey – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986

A number of measures were examined as predictors of graduate students' achievement in inferential statistics courses. The most important predictor variable set was attitudes toward feminist issues. Other predictors included mathematics attitude and masculinity-femininity. Sex-related differences were found on all variables except verbal and…

Descriptors: Feminism, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Mathematics Achievement