A Study of the Attitude, Self-efficacy, Effort and Academic Achievement of CityU Students towards Research Methods and Statistics
A Study of the Attitude, Self-efficacy, Effort and Academic Achievement of CityU Students towards Research Methods and Statistics
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城市大学学生对研究方法和统计的态度、自我效能、努力和学术成就的研究
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2012
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L. Y. Li
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L. Y. Li
本研究旨在探讨社会科学专业学生对研究方法与统计的态度、自我效能感、努力程度与学业成绩之间的关系。本研究采用自填问卷作为主要资料收集方法，并邀请香港城市大学应用社会研究系153名学生完成调查。通过对收集到的数据进行分析，Pearson相关系数反映出对研究方法和统计的态度、自我效能感、努力程度和学业成绩这四个变量之间都存在正相关关系。通过多元回归分析，评估态度和自我效能对努力的预测能力。结果表明，态度和自我效能感对努力有显著的预测作用。然而，当我们再次进行多元回归分析来估计态度、自我效能和努力对学业成绩的预测能力时，我们发现努力不能预测学业成绩。综上所述，在本研究中，努力只能被认为是架起态度、自我效能感和学业成绩之间关系的间接因素，而不是必要因素。
The present research aims to study the relationship between social science students’ attitude towards research methods and statistics, self-efficacy, effort and academic achievement. Self-administered questionnaire was chosen as the primary data collection method and a sample of 153 students from Department of Applied Social Studies in the City University of Hong Kong were invited to complete the survey. After analyzing the data collected, Pearson’s correlation coefficient reflected that there was a positive correlation between all the four variables – attitude towards research methods and statistics, self-efficacy, effort and academic achievement. Also, a multiple regression analysis was conducted to estimate the prediction power of attitude and self-efficacy on effort. The result showed that both attitude and self-efficacy could significantly predict effort. However, when another multiple regression analysis was conducted to estimate the prediction power of attitude, self-efficacy and effort on academic achievement, it was found that effort failed to predict academic achievement. To conclude, in the present study, effort could only be regarded as an indirect factor but not a necessary factor in bridging the relationship between attitude, selfefficacy and academic achievement.