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The big picture: a family of instruments for understanding university-level statistics and data science attitudes
Attitudes matter in statistics and data science education, but previous instruments have been limited in scope, resulting in many …
Sep 12, 2022 —
Rosario, Argentina/Virtual Hybrid (ICOTS 11)
Alana Unfried
,
Douglas Whitaker
,
Leyla Batakci
,
Wendine Bolon
,
Marjorie E. Bond
,
April Kerby-Helm
,
Michael A. Posner
Project
I Love Data Science! Do My Students? Let’s Measure It!
Data science courses are in high demand, and statisticians are often tapped to teach them. Efforts are lacking in data science …
Aug 9, 2022 —
Washington, DC
Michael Posner
,
April Kerby-Helm
,
Alana Unfried
,
Douglas Whitaker
,
Marjorie Bond
,
Leyla Batakci
Project
Measuring Student Attitudes – a Modern Approach, and Why You Should Get Involved
Statistics educators have been studying undergraduate student attitudes toward statistics for decades, but with lack of modern …
Aug 9, 2022 —
Washington, DC (JSM 2022)
Alana Unfried
,
Douglas Whitaker
,
Marjorie Bond
,
Leyla Batakci
,
April Kerby-Helm
,
Michael Posner
Project
What Do Instructors Think About Teaching Statistics?
Through an NSF IUSE grant (Developing Validated Instruments to Measure Student/Faculty Attitudes in Undergraduate Statistics and Data …
Aug 9, 2022 —
Washington, DC
Marjorie Bond
,
Leyla Batakci
,
Michael Posner
,
Douglas Whitaker
,
April Kerby-Helm
,
Alana Unfried
Project
Attitudes Matter! A New Instrument in Motivational Attitudes Toward Statistics / Data Science
Attitudes matter in mathematics education, especially in fields like statistics, which sometimes suffer from a poor reputation, and …
Aug 5, 2022 —
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michael Posner
,
April Kerby-Helm
,
Alana Unfried
,
Douglas Whitaker
Project
The SOMAS/DS Family of Instruments to Measure Students, Instructors and Learning Environment
Jun 1, 2022 — Jun 3, 2022
Washington, DC
Marjorie E. Bond
,
Alana Unfried
,
Douglas Whitaker
,
April Kerby-Helm
,
Michael Posner
,
Leyla Batakci
,
Wendine Bolon
Project
Investigation of Bivariate Grid-Type Items for Measuring Attitudes in Statistics Education: Preliminary Results
Likert-type items are ubiquitous in attitude research in statistics education but imply a reciprocal relationship between positivity …
May 30, 2022 —
Virtual (SSC 2022)
Douglas Whitaker
Project
Slides
Motivational Attitudes in Statistics and Data Science
Attitudes matter in mathematics education, especially in fields like statistics which sometimes suffer from a poor reputation; …
Apr 6, 2022 —
Virtual (JMM 2022)
Alana Jane Unfried
,
Douglas Whitaker
,
Leyla Batakci
,
Michael Posner
Project
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
Project
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Measuring student attitudes toward statistics
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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