Differences by sex and socioeconomic status in attitude toward applied statistics of 38 students who registered for the Bachelor of Education (18 men and 20 women) and whose ages ranged from 21 to 43 years ( M = 28.9 yr.) were not statistically significant on a two-way analysis of variance of low, middle, and high socioeconomic status.
In a study of sex differences in mathematics achievement and attitude toward mathematics, a sample of 278 Standard 10 (Grade 12) students (95 boys and 183 girls) from seven senior secondary schools in the Umtata district of Transkei, South Africa, wrote tests in algebra and geometry and completed an attitude questionnaire. Analysis showed no significant difference between the mean scores of boys and girls in algebra but a significant difference between scores in geometry, with the mean score of boys being greater than that of girls. There was no significant difference between the mean scores of boys and girls on the Attitude Toward Mathematics scale, although boys had a significantly more positive Attitude Toward Geometry than girls. Significant low correlations were found between scores on Attitudes Toward Mathematics and scores in mathematics and between scores on Attitudes Toward Geometry and scores in geometry.
The 1990 McCall, Belli, and Madjidi Statistics Attitude Scale was administered to 43 postgraduate education students in Transkei at the end of a course on research methodology. Analysis showed that the scale had high internal consistency and was a valid measure of attitudes toward applied statistics when used in a different cultural setting.
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