Research Article
Attitudes to Mathematics in Primary School Children
Table 5
Entry-type multiple regressions on British abilities scales basic number skills standard score and the attitude variables: Grade 5 alone.
| | Regression on basic number skills standard score | Regression on self-rating | Regression on liking | Regression on (non)anxiety | Regression on (non)unhappiness |
| Degrees of freedom | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Residual | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | | 0.31 | 0.337 | 0.275 | 0.281 | 0.103 | F | 4.495 | 5.084 | 3.794 | 3.903 | 1.154 | P | 0.004** | 0.002** | 0.01* | 0.009** | 0.346 | Predictors: | | | | | | Basic number skills | — | | | | | β | — | 0.522 | −0.157 | −0.15 | −0.05 | t | — | 3.983 | −0.979 | −0.939 | −0.277 | P | — | 0.000** | 0.334 | 0.353 | 0.784 | Self-rating | | | | | | β | −0.028 | — | 0.135 | 0.133 | 0.243 | t | −0.145 | — | 0.821 | 0.813 | 1.354 | P | 0.885 | — | 0.416 | 0.421 | 0.183 | Liking | | | | | | β | −0.021 | 0.123 | — | 0.436 | 0.087 | t | −0.112 | 0.821 | — | 3.082 | 0.498 | P | 0.911 | 0.416 | — | 0.004** | 0.621 | (Non)anxiety | | | | | | β | −0.013 | 0.122 | 0.44 | — | 0.129 | t | −0.074 | 0.813 | 3.082 | — | 0.735 | P | 0.942 | 0.421 | 0.004** | — | 0.467 | (Non)unhappiness | | | | | | β | 0.108 | 0.18 | 0.021 | 0.103 | — | t | 0.583 | 1.354 | 0.498 | 0.735 | — | P | 0.563 | 0.183 | 0.621 | 0.467 | — |
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