Attitudes toward statistics among dentistry postgraduates
Atitudes em Relação à Estatística Entre Pós-Graduandos em Odontologia
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Costa, Mariana Andrade
Bonafé, Fernanda Salloume Sampaio
Dovigo, Lívia Nordi
Campos, Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini
Abstract / Description
Aim: To validate the Attitudes Toward Statistics Scale (EAE) and to investigate the perceptions and attitudes toward statistics among dentistry postgraduates students. Method: A total of 115 postgraduates students (62 master's students, 80 women, age 26 ± 4 years) answered the items of the EAE and the Clinician Attitudes Toward Biostatistics (CATB). Information on academic training was collected. Confirmatory factor analysis (χ²/df, CFI, TLI and RMSEA) was conducted to estimate the validity of the instruments to sample. The standardized mean scores of CATB and EAE factors were estimated and compared (ANOVA). Results: The EAE two-factor fit model exhibited adequate validity for the sample (χ²/df = 1.814, CFI = 0.979, TLI = 0.976, and RMSEA = 0.086). Individuals who received their first training earlier, reported better performance in mathematics and greater knowledge of statistics, also exhibition more positive attitudes toward statistics. Individuals who reported having a research career focus, and who evaluated their supervisors’ knowledge of statistics as very poor to intermediate, presented a greater awareness of the importance of statistics in research and scientific evidence. Conclusion: The EAE was valid and reliable for the sample. Perceptions and attitudes toward biostatistics were associated with variables involving the participant's academic formation.
Keyword(s)
statistics validity scales dentistry evidence-based practice estatística validação escalas odontologia prática baseada em evidênciasPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2020-04-02
Journal title
Psychology, Community & Health
Volume
8
Issue
1
Page numbers
126–138
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Costa, M. A., Bonafé, F. S. S., Dovigo, L. N., & Campos, J. A. D. B. (2020). Attitudes toward statistics among dentistry postgraduates. Psychology, Community & Health, 8(1), 126-138. https://doi.org/10.5964/pch.v8i1.230
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Costa, Mariana Andrade
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Bonafé, Fernanda Salloume Sampaio
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Dovigo, Lívia Nordi
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Campos, Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini
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Date of first publication2020-04-02
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Abstract / DescriptionAim: To validate the Attitudes Toward Statistics Scale (EAE) and to investigate the perceptions and attitudes toward statistics among dentistry postgraduates students. Method: A total of 115 postgraduates students (62 master's students, 80 women, age 26 ± 4 years) answered the items of the EAE and the Clinician Attitudes Toward Biostatistics (CATB). Information on academic training was collected. Confirmatory factor analysis (χ²/df, CFI, TLI and RMSEA) was conducted to estimate the validity of the instruments to sample. The standardized mean scores of CATB and EAE factors were estimated and compared (ANOVA). Results: The EAE two-factor fit model exhibited adequate validity for the sample (χ²/df = 1.814, CFI = 0.979, TLI = 0.976, and RMSEA = 0.086). Individuals who received their first training earlier, reported better performance in mathematics and greater knowledge of statistics, also exhibition more positive attitudes toward statistics. Individuals who reported having a research career focus, and who evaluated their supervisors’ knowledge of statistics as very poor to intermediate, presented a greater awareness of the importance of statistics in research and scientific evidence. Conclusion: The EAE was valid and reliable for the sample. Perceptions and attitudes toward biostatistics were associated with variables involving the participant's academic formation.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationCosta, M. A., Bonafé, F. S. S., Dovigo, L. N., & Campos, J. A. D. B. (2020). Attitudes toward statistics among dentistry postgraduates. Psychology, Community & Health, 8(1), 126-138. https://doi.org/10.5964/pch.v8i1.230en_US
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ISSN2182-438X
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5961
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6644
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/pch.v8i1.230
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Keyword(s)statisticsen_US
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Keyword(s)validityen_US
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Keyword(s)scalesen_US
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Keyword(s)dentistryen_US
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Keyword(s)evidence-based practiceen_US
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Keyword(s)estatísticapt-PT
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Keyword(s)validaçãopt-PT
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Keyword(s)escalaspt-PT
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Keyword(s)odontologiapt-PT
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Keyword(s)prática baseada em evidênciaspt-PT
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleAttitudes toward statistics among dentistry postgraduatesen_US
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Alternative titleAtitudes em Relação à Estatística Entre Pós-Graduandos em Odontologiapt-PT
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titlePsychology, Community & Health
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Page numbers126–138
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Volume8
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Visible tag(s)Version of Recorden_US