Measuring student attitudes toward statistics

Last updated on Sep 19, 2022

I research affective constructs in statistics education using existing instruments such as the Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics (SATS-36; Schau, 2003).

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Douglas Whitaker
Douglas Whitaker
Associate Professor of Statistics

Publications

Challenges associated with measuring attitudes using the SATS family of instruments
The Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics (SATS) is a widely used family of instruments for measuring attitude constructs in statistics …
Douglas Whitaker, Alana Unfried, Marjorie E. Bond
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Challenges associated with measuring attitudes using the SATS family of instruments
SATSdata: Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics (SATS) Data Warehouse
Version History 2021: version 0.1.6 released
Candace Schau, Marjorie E. Bond, Douglas Whitaker
Project Project GitHub v1.0.0
SATSdata: Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics (SATS) Data Warehouse

Events

Measuring statistics attitudes and anxieties
Both attitudes and anxiety have long been studied in the statistics education literature. Recently, efforts have been taken to clarify …
May 19, 2020 — Virtual (eCOTS 2020)
Douglas Whitaker, Aaron White
Project
Measuring statistics attitudes and anxieties
Challenges to using and interpreting the SATS-36 instrument: Do you like statistics? Do your students like statistics? How do you know?
The Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics (SATS-36; Schau, 2003) is the most widely-used instrument for measuring attitude-related …
May 18, 2019 — State College, Pennsylvania (USCOTS 2019)
Douglas Whitaker, Alana Unfried, Marjorie Bond
Project
Challenges to using and interpreting the SATS-36 instrument: Do you like statistics? Do your students like statistics? How do you know?
Surveys of attitudes about statistics: An analysis of items
Attitudes toward statistics are considered important outcomes of introductory statistics courses because they have been linked with …
Oct 6, 2017 — Indianapolis, Indiana (PME-NA 39)
Douglas Whitaker, Kylie Gorney
Project
Surveys of attitudes about statistics: An analysis of items