Statistical Anxiety in Political Science and Sociology First Year Undergraduates: A Pilot Study

This study contains data drawn from a first year undergraduate population undertaking Political Science, International Relations and Sociology degrees at the University of Birmingham in 2012/13. The survey used was an updated version of the Cruise, Cash and Bolton (1985) Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale survey and administered for the purpose of gaining a more in-depth knowledge of the reluctance and fear surrounding the inclusion of applied statistics courses within their degree programmes. This survey formed part of an ESRC funded curriculum innovation project entitled "Understanding Society Through Secondary Data Analysis: Quantitative Methods over the Undergraduate Life Course".