Actitudes hacia la Estadística en alumnos de Educaciónanálisis de perfiles

  1. Xavier G. Ordóñez Camacho 1
  2. Sonia Janeth Romero Martínez 2
  3. Covadonga Ruiz de Miguel 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

  2. 2 Universidad a Distancia de Madrid
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    Universidad a Distancia de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01r9skd65

Journal:
Revista de educación

ISSN: 0034-8082

Year of publication: 2019

Volume: 385

Pages: 173-200

Type: Article

DOI: 10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2019-385-421 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Attitudes toward statistics are composed of behaviors, cognitions and emotions about the statistics. Attitudes are learned, mediated by cultural factors and have a wide influence on students¿ learning and academic performance. For this reason, the aim of this work is to describe the attitudes in a sample of 855 college students of the Complutense University of Madrid by means of the identification of profiles that also include variables of identification, previous training, academic self-concept and perceptions about the influence of statistics in his career and professional future. The used methodology combines factorial methods and cluster analysis. The procedure includes the application of two tests (one to measure the attitudes and another for the other variables), the identification of the number of factorial and group components and the validation and description of the profiles. Four groups have been identified: the first two (61.64% of the sample) are composed mainly of women, students of Kindergarten/Primary Education who have unfavorable attitudes, high anxiety, low self-concept and consider that statistics are not useful. The other two groups are composed of students who have favorable attitudes, high self-concept and consider that statistics are very useful. The present study constitutes a first step in the identification and characterization of attitudinal profiles towards statistics in students of Education and allows to create teaching-learning programs to bring interest towards the subject in the groups that most need it.

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