UNA REVISIÓN DE LAS EVIDENCIAS DE FIABILIDAD Y VALIDEZ

DE LOS CUESTIONARIOS DE ACTITUDES Y ANSIEDAD HACIA LA ESTADÍSTICA

 

JOSE CARMONA MÁRQUEZ

Universidad de Huelva, España

carmona@uhu.es

 

RESUMEN

 

La importancia del dominio afectivo en el ámbito de la educación estadística es en la actualidad ampliamente reconocida. Con objeto de evaluar la influencia de ese componente afectivo en la formación estadística de los estudiantes, se han elaborado en las dos últimas décadas un número importante de instrumentos para la medición de las actitudes y de la ansiedad hacia la estadística. Sin embargo, muchos de estos instrumentos han sido muy poco investigados y, en general, sus propiedades psicométricas no parecen estar bien establecidas. El objetivo de este estudio es realizar una revisión sistemática de los trabajos de investigación que aportan evidencias empíricas acerca de la fiabilidad y validez de dichos instrumentos. Los resultados de esta revisión muestran ciertas carencias que hacen recomendables nuevos estudios acerca de estos instrumentos de medición de las actitudes y la ansiedad hacia la estadística. Finalizamos proponiendo algunas líneas de investigación que creemos pueden tener cierto impacto en la investigación futura sobre el tema.

 

Palabras clave: Medición de la actitud; Ansiedad; Estadística; Revisión de la literatura

 

abstract

 

Nowadays, the importance of affectivity in statistics education is widely acknowledged. In the past two decades a large number of instruments to measure attitudes and anxiety toward statistics have been developed in order to assess the influence of emotional factor on students’ training. However, many of these instruments have not been analysed in depth and their psychometric properties have not properly been assessed. The aim of this paper is revising the research works that have contributed empirical evidence for the reliability and validity of these instruments. Our results suggest the need for more research about instruments to measure attitudes and anxiety about statistics. We conclude by suggesting some priority research areas that might be relevant in future studies on this topic.

 

Keywords: Attitude Measurement, Anxiety, Statistics, Literature Review

 

 

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Statistics Education Research Journal, 3(1), 5-28, http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/serj

Ó International Association for Statistical Education (IASE/ISI), May, 2004

 

 

 

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José Carmona Márquez

Departamento de Psicología

Universidad de Huelva

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