Atitude em relação ao ensino das disciplinas de estatística no curso de Ciências Contábeis

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the factors that influence the academic attitude of undergraduate students in Accounting from the Federal University of Minas Gerais in relation to statistical disciplines. To achieve the objective of this rese arch was carried out a quantitative and qualitative study with questionnaires to 93 students in that course, encompassing the Attitude Scale Given the Statistics (SATS), which has four dimensions of attitude: affectivity, cognitive competence, difficulty a nd value. The survey results were analyzed using qualitative analysis, descriptive analysis, correlation test, and average tests: the Student T test and F test (ANOVA). It was first applied to the Shapiro - Francia test, checking the normal distribution of variables, to then opt for parametric and non-parametric tests. In a second step, the correlation analysis was performed and verified that all dimensions of attitude are strongly correlated, at 95% confidence. Among the demographic characteristics, it was o bserved, in general, that sex was the only trait of students influenced the attitude to statistics course, in which male students presented greater attitude. The other characteristics analyzed do not represented major factors in students, regarding the att itude towards Statistics.