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Abstract Details
Activity Number:
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258
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 2, 2010 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
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Abstract - #309110 |
Title:
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Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Statistics of Health Sciences Students
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Author(s):
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Laura Pontiggia*+ and Carl Walasek
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Companies:
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University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
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Address:
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600 South 43rd St., Philadelphia, PA, 19104,
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Keywords:
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Education ;
Attitude toward statistics ;
Health Sciences students
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Abstract:
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Researchers and statistics educators have been investigating attitudes toward statistics for many years. Many studies showed that students' attitudes might influence their ability to learn statistical concepts. As teachers we aim to give students a positive view of statistics and an appreciation for its potential uses in their future personal and professional areas. In this study we assess the attitude toward statistics of undergraduate students enrolled into a health sciences program (e.g. Pharmacy, Physical/Occupational Therapy, and Health Sciences) by using the pre- and post- version of the SATS-36©. We observed a change in the overall SATS-36 score and in the six attitudinal components scores, and we identified attitude patterns in different type of learners. Moreover, a relationship between course grade and both pre- and post-course attitude scores was found.
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