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Changes in anxiety among doctoral students.

Academic Exchange Quarterly

| March 22, 2003 | Wilson, Vicki A.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. | COPYRIGHT 2003 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

As part of an ongoing study of statistics anxiety, 70 doctoral students in two research universities, completed a Likert-scale instrument asking them to rate the extent to which elements increased and decreased anxiety levels they experienced in educational research courses. Ranking at the top for increasing anxiety was the amount of work due for the educational research class, followed by the amount of material covered in class, tests, the difficulty of the work, and the amount of work due for other classes. Ranking at the top for decreasing anxiety was getting a good grade on an assignment, followed by completing an assignment and receiving ...

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