STUDENTS ’ ATTITUDES TOWARD STATISTICS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES

This research work aims to compare students ’ Attitudes toward Statistics (ATS) between undergraduates of various universities. The scale proposed by Wise (1985) was utilized to measure the ATS. Two dimensions integrate the scale: Attitudes toward Field (ATF) and Attitudes toward Course (ATC). The survey was conducted among 672 students enrolled in mathematics courses at three Mexican universities: Universidad Cristóbal Colón (UCC), Universidad Politécnica de Aguascalientes (UPA), and Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Zona Media of the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP). The obtained data were processed by analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results show that students ’ ATC are equal for the three universities; however, evidence shows that students from UPA have the most positive ATF among them