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CURVILINEAR RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STATISTICS ANXIETY AND PERFORMANCE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: EVIDENCE FOR OPTIMAL ANXIETY

CURVILINEAR RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STATISTICS ANXIETY AND PERFORMANCE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: EVIDENCE FOR OPTIMAL ANXIETY

This study examined the possibility of a curvilinear relationship between statistics anxiety and performance in a statistics course. Eighty-three undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory course completed measures of statistics anxiety and need for achievement at seven points during the semester in conjunction with six tests. Statistics anxiety scores were …