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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