Male and female differences in anxiety about statistics are not reflected in performance.
In two introductory statistics courses (consisting of 70 women and 28 men over-all), women indicated significantly more anxiety about taking the course than men, but performed as well as the men in both courses.
Bradley
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Department of Psychology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA. dbradley@abacus.bates.edu
Wygant
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D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000193:education*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*