Perception of Importance and Anxiety about Learning Statistics Among University Students in Lima

Montes-Iturrizaga I.; Mena Chino W.T.; Manosalva Ruiz V.R.; Villalba-Condori K. · CEUR Workshop Proceedings (2023)

Resumen

This research was carried out with 270 students of a private university in the city of Lima (Peru) who were taking general education courses with the intention of finding out their perceptions regarding the importance of statistics and their anxiety about learning it. For this purpose, a brief questionnaire was elaborated with response selection items. Likewise, we were interested in knowing the (declared) anxiety generated by learning statistics. The results show that the variable type of degree area is significantly associated with the perception of the importance of statistics for professional practice, and that students of Engineering and Management valued this discipline more highly. On the other hand, statistical anxiety in women is much higher than in men.

Instituciones: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Universidad Continental; Universidad Católica de Santa María