Abstracts: The study was conducted to examine demographic variables and statistical anxiety among post graduate students in universities in South East Nigeria Three research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study utilized the descriptive survey design with a population of 29, 875 year three students in four universities in south East, Nigeria (2 Federal and 2 State Universities). The sample comprised 1,793 year three students representing 2% of the population of year three students in the chosen universities in South-East Nigeria as obtained from the field study 2017. The instrument for data collection was an adapted instrument titled “Statistics Anxiety Assessment Questionnaire” (SAAQ) developed by Donncha, Mark and Martin (2001) which comprised of two sections A and B. Section-A comprises demographic data e.g. gender, age and academic discipline. Section B, was a 30 items scale on statistics anxiety on the following dimensions worth of statistics, fear of asking for help, computation self-concept anxiety and overall statistical anxiety. Respondent were required to indicate their level of agreement/disagreement under various responses (Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD)). The validity of the instrument was established by experts in Measurement and Evaluation and Educational Psychology and the reliability of the research instrument was established with Cronbach Alpha reliability analysis and the index ranged from 0.77 to 0.97. The stated research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation, while the stated hypotheses were tested using independent t-test and One-way ANOVA at .05 alpha level. The findings revealed that there is a significant influence of gender on statistics anxiety, there was no significant influence of age on statistical anxiety. Also, academic discipline has a significant influence on statistical anxiety. It was recommended among others that
Keywords: Demographic, Variables, Statistical Anxiety, Postgraduate Students, Universities, South-East.
Title: DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AND STATISTICAL ANXIETY AMONG POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA
Author: Eyong Emmanuel Ikpi, Professor Sofeme R. Jebson, Asikong, Eval Etta.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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