Document from the year 2016 in the subject Medicine - Therapy, grade: 1,
Egerton University, language: English, abstract: This literature review
aims at discussing the interventions that can reduce statistics anxiety
among college students. To achieve this objective, a concise definition
of statistics anxiety, as well as, the distinction between statistics
anxiety and math anxiety is provided as the scientific rationale why the
focus of this discussion is on interventions that reduce statistics
anxiety, but not math anxiety in general. Statistics anxiety has become
an issue of concern in higher education due to its implications on
teaching and learning. In retrospect, the trends of statistics anxiety
are quite alarming. This aspect is evidenced by Onwuegbuzie and Wilson
(2003) who report that statistic anxiety affects 80% of behavioral and
social sciences students. They also report that most degree programs
require students to enroll in quantitative research and statistics
courses as part of their training. These statistic courses are reported
to evoke anxiety-provoking experiences among students. Similarly, Macher
et al. (2013) reaffirm that statistics courses have been found to be the
major source of anxiety in student's curriculum. Further evidence is
provided by Dykeman's (2011) study which investigated the levels of
anxiety between students in statistic courses and those in other
education courses. Results of this study revealed that statistics
students had lower self-efficacy (p
