A Quantitative Analysis of Confidence Levels of Statistics Students
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Authors
Edwards, Trinity
Date of Issue
2025
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
Within education, student confidence is determined by a person’s belief in their ability to experience success. Research on student self-efficacy points to the idea that students' higher or lower confidence levels can directly affect overall achievement. With this knowledge, the following study assesses two classes of Carroll College Introduction to Statistics students on their perceived self-efficacy, disposition toward statistics, relationship with the course professor, ability levels in statistics, and overall personal feelings about math to observe whether any of these areas directly correlate to the final grades of the students. In this case, achievement is measured using students’ final grades within the course. Using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and chi-squared tests for independence, it was found that a strong, positive correlation existed between each area of the study and the student’s final grades. Therefore, a correlation may exist between higher grades and positive perceptions of each area within a mathematics classroom.