Question

  In conducting a study to examine the relationship between (1) undergraduate students’ satisfaction with a finite mathematics course and (2) other variables, including students’ interest and anxiety and the instructor’s perceived enthusiasm, the researcher found the following correlation coefficients:

Pearson Correlation Coefficients

                                                          Instructor’s Enthusiasm                   Interest                               Anxiety

Students’ Satisfaction                                    .13                                      .78*                                    –.38*

                                                                                     

* p<.05

Write a sentence to describe the following relationships (answer questions 5.1 to 5.2):

(5.1)      Relationship between students’ satisfaction and instructor’s enthusiasm?            [5]

(5.2)       Relationship between students’ satisfaction and their anxiety? [5]

Answer 1

(5.1)      Relationship between students’ satisfaction and instructor’s enthusiasm

The correlation coefficient between students’ satisfaction and instructor’s enthusiasm is 0.13 which is very low and not significant at 0.05 level of significance. So, there is no significant relationship between students’ satisfaction and instructor’s enthusiasm.

(5.2)       Relationship between students’ satisfaction and their anxiety

The correlation coefficient between students’ satisfaction and their anxiety is -0.38 which is very medium , negative and significant at 0.05 level of significance. So, there is a significant negative relationship between students’ satisfaction and their anxiety.