Exploratory Factor Analysis Student Anxiety Questionnaire on Statistics

M Zainudin, Konstantine Denny Pareira Meke

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Abstract This study aimed to analyze the dimensions of capabilities contained in the questionnaire on statistics student anxiety. This study is a quantitative descriptive exploratory study. The data were derived from responses 123 students of the Faculty of Education and Language Arts Teachers 'Training College PGRI Bojonegoro on students' anxiety questionnaire statistics. Analysis of data to identify the dimensions is done by applying confirmatory factor analysis on the anxiety questionnaire responses of students to statistics. Exploratory factor analysis performed with SPSS version 22. The results showed that the items in the questionnaire anxiety of students to statistical analysis, all of which contain the main dimensions when analyzed using graph method, the variance can be explained.

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