Table 1.
Mean (SD) for SATS components and perceptions by demographics 1
| Total (n = 121) | Males (n = 51) | Females (n = 69) | Irish (n = 70) | Other nationality (n = 49) | Age < 25 years (n = 79) | Age ≥ 25 years (n = 41) | No previous courses 2 * (n = 17) | Previous courses (n = 99) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Affect |
3.7 (1.26) |
4.0 (1.24) |
3.4 (1.22) |
3.4 (1.27) |
4.0 (1.15) |
3.8 (1.18) |
3.4 (1.37) |
3.3 (2.40) |
3.8 (1.21) |
|
Cognitive competence |
4.6 (1.25) |
4.9 (1.17) |
4.4 (1.28) |
4.3 (1.33) |
5.0 (0.99) |
4.8 (1.16) |
4.3 (1.37) |
4.5 (2.30) |
4.8 (1.17) |
|
Value |
5.1 (0.90) |
5.2 (0.92) |
5.1 (0.89) |
5.0 (0.92) |
5.3 (0.84) |
5.2 (0.86) |
5.1 (0.98) |
5.0 (1.9) |
5.2 (0.88) |
|
Difficulty |
3.4 (0.93) |
3.5 (0.97) |
3.3 (0.89) |
3.2 (0.97) |
3.7 (0.80) |
3.6 (0.88) |
3.0 (0.90) |
2.9 (1.6) |
3.5 (0.89) |
|
Interest |
4.7 (1.27) |
4.8 (1.24) |
4.6 (1.28) |
4.5 (1.35) |
4.9 (1.12) |
4.6 (1.25) |
4.8 (1.30) |
4.2 (2.3) |
4.7 (1.20) |
|
Effort |
6.0 (0.93) |
6.0 (0.73) |
6.1 (1.06) |
6.0 (0.98) |
6.1 (0.87) |
6.1 (0.92) |
5.8 (0.94) |
6.2 (1.2) |
6.1 (0.94) |
|
Perception of performance in mathematics* |
5.0 (2.0) |
5.0 (2.0) |
5.0 (2.0) |
5.0 (2.0) |
5.0 (2.0) |
5.0 (2.0) |
5.0 (2.0) |
4.0 (3.0) |
5.0 (2.0) |
| How likely to take a course in statistics* | 2.0 (3.0) | 3.0 (4.0) | 2.0 (3.0) | 2.0 (3.0) | 3.0 (4.0) | 2.0 (3.0) | 2.0 (3.0) | 2.0 (3.0) | 3.0 (3.0) |
1Some missing demographic data.
2*Results represent median (IQR).