Investigating research students' perceptions about statistics and its impact on their choice of research approach.

ABSTRACT: In the information society, there is a vast amount of data that needs to be analyzed quantitatively. The ability to perform quantitative analysis based on statistical thinking and data mining, is becoming extremely important. It is important that research students develop positive attitude towards both qualitative and quantitative research approaches. But many research students try to avoid applying quantitative methods in their research and prefer to rely on qualitative research approach due to lack of interest and confidence in statistical skills. This research aims to explore if research students' choice of research approach is affected by their attitude towards Statistics. 81 research students from three different universities participated in a survey in which there was one open ended

SUBMITTER: Dani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10562852 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature