A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Structure of Statistics Anxiety Measure: An examination of four alternative models.

A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Structure of Statistics Anxiety Measure: An examination of four alternative models.

Objective: The aim of this study is to explore the confirmatory factor analysis results of the Persian adaptation of Statistics Anxiety Measure (SAM), proposed by Earp. Method: The validity and reliability assessments of the scale were performed on 298 college students chosen randomly from Tabriz U...

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Main Authors: Farahman Farrokhi, Hossein Bevrani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Anxiety
Psychometrics
Questionnaire
Statistical factor analysis
Online Access:https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/265
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spelling doaj-8ecbf3adc84b4a60ab7fc1300e4017102020-11-25T03:34:27ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Psychiatry1735-45872008-22152011-09-0163A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Structure of Statistics Anxiety Measure: An examination of four alternative models.Farahman Farrokhi0Hossein Bevrani1English Departments, University of TabrizDepartment of Statistics, Faculty of mathematical sciences, university of TabrizObjective: The aim of this study is to explore the confirmatory factor analysis results of the Persian adaptation of Statistics Anxiety Measure (SAM), proposed by Earp. Method: The validity and reliability assessments of the scale were performed on 298 college students chosen randomly from Tabriz University in Iran. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was carried out to determine the factor structures of the Persian adaptation of SAM. Results: As expected, the second order model provided a better fit to the data than the three alternative models. Conclusions: Hence, SAM provides an equally valid measure for use among college students. The study both expands and adds support to the existing body of math anxiety literature. https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/265AnxietyPsychometricsQuestionnaireStatistical factor analysis
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A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Structure of Statistics Anxiety Measure: An examination of four alternative models.
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry
Anxiety
Psychometrics
Questionnaire
Statistical factor analysis
author_facet Farahman Farrokhi
Hossein Bevrani
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title A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Structure of Statistics Anxiety Measure: An examination of four alternative models.
title_short A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Structure of Statistics Anxiety Measure: An examination of four alternative models.
title_full A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Structure of Statistics Anxiety Measure: An examination of four alternative models.
title_fullStr A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Structure of Statistics Anxiety Measure: An examination of four alternative models.
title_full_unstemmed A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Structure of Statistics Anxiety Measure: An examination of four alternative models.
title_sort confirmatory factor analysis of the structure of statistics anxiety measure: an examination of four alternative models.
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Iranian Journal of Psychiatry
issn 1735-4587
2008-2215
publishDate 2011-09-01
description Objective: The aim of this study is to explore the confirmatory factor analysis results of the Persian adaptation of Statistics Anxiety Measure (SAM), proposed by Earp. Method: The validity and reliability assessments of the scale were performed on 298 college students chosen randomly from Tabriz University in Iran. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was carried out to determine the factor structures of the Persian adaptation of SAM. Results: As expected, the second order model provided a better fit to the data than the three alternative models. Conclusions: Hence, SAM provides an equally valid measure for use among college students. The study both expands and adds support to the existing body of math anxiety literature.
topic Anxiety
Psychometrics
Questionnaire
Statistical factor analysis
url https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/265
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