Model Factors that Affect Mastery of Statistics on Psychology Students at University of Padjadjaran

Abstract

This research is a causal study used to obtain a model of the influence of cognitive and non-cognitive factors which affect the mastery of statistics in psychology students from University of Padjadjaran. The cognitive factor studied is the mathematical thinking skill. The non-cognitive factors studied are the attitude and anxiety towards statistics. To obtain Mastery of Statistics, students must take a final exam in Statistics 2. The sample group of this research are college students from 2013 in the Faculty of Psychology at University of Padjadjaran. The data processing is done through path analysis. The result of this research shows that having mathematical thinking skills positively influences the master of statistics. The aspect of affect, cognitive competence, value and difficulty can negatively influence anxiety factors and other non-cognitive factors such as fearful behavior, hopes, demands, history, and self-concept. The aspect of effort positively influenced the student's attitudes towards statistics while negatively influencing hopes and demands. Fearful behavior factors within anxiety factors towards statistics that will influence scores used to represent the mastery of statistics.