Research Article

An Analysis of High and Low Intercorrelations between Mathematics Self-Efficacy, Anxiety, and Achievement Variables: A Prerequisite for a Reliable Factor Analysis

Table 2

The correlation matrix.

an1an2an3se4an5an6se7an8se9se10an11se12se13an14an15se16an17an18se19se20se21an22se23an24an25an26an27se28se29

−0.18−0.260.44‡−0.37‡−0.32†0.33†−0.280.30†0.35‡−0.220.34†0.13−0.59‡−0.150.23−0.31†−0.170.31†0.38‡0.28−0.250.27−0.15−0.34†−0.27−0.52‡0.070.44‡
0.44‡−0.40‡0.56‡0.46‡−0.040.75‡−0.56‡−0.230.30†−0.12−0.44‡0.53‡0.49‡−0.37‡0.45‡0.29†−0.59‡−0.55‡−0.47‡0.49‡−0.230.34†0.41‡0.85‡0.46‡−0.70‡−0.52‡
−0.260.53‡0.38‡−0.170.45‡−0.48‡−0.42‡0.20−0.22−0.250.41‡0.19−0.31†0.50‡0.20−0.48‡−0.40‡−0.43‡0.36‡−0.29†0.090.33†0.42‡0.54‡−0.48‡−0.57‡
−0.49‡−0.58‡0.52‡−0.63‡0.64‡0.52‡−0.30†0.60‡0.66‡−0.39‡−0.38‡0.72‡−0.59‡−0.51‡0.72‡0.60‡0.70‡−0.63‡0.49‡−0.12−0.48‡−0.48‡−0.29†0.58‡0.59‡
0.58‡−0.41‡0.61‡−0.53‡−0.68‡0.31†−0.38‡−0.280.42‡0.46‡−0.32†0.62‡0.48‡−0.59‡−0.58‡−0.60‡0.56‡−0.250.290.50‡0.69‡0.41‡−0.46‡−0.62‡
−0.48‡0.69‡−0.51‡−0.59‡0.44‡−0.53‡−0.39‡0.39‡0.39‡−0.64‡0.63‡0.66‡−0.62‡−0.52‡−0.77‡0.66‡−0.54‡0.46‡0.73‡0.51‡0.46‡−0.45‡−0.52‡
−0.30†0.47‡0.60‡−0.36‡0.70‡0.37‡−0.22−0.37‡0.43‡−0.55‡−0.70‡0.39‡0.52‡0.45‡−0.45‡0.35‡−0.02−0.27−0.13−0.220.280.43‡
−0.67‡0.42‡0.42‡−0.37‡−0.53‡0.60‡0.55‡−0.68‡0.67‡0.61‡−0.80‡−0.63‡−0.74‡0.72‡−0.49‡0.36†0.55‡0.78‡0.49‡−0.62‡−0.68‡
0.58‡−0.34†0.45‡0.57‡−0.55‡−0.52‡0.64‡−0.55‡−0.61‡0.67‡0.62‡0.68‡−0.63‡0.49‡−0.12−0.52‡−0.55‡−0.38‡0.75‡0.60‡
−0.240.63‡0.39‡−0.30†−0.39‡0.51‡−0.67‡−0.57‡0.55‡0.66‡0.57‡−0.56‡0.44‡−0.21−0.51‡−0.35‡−0.29†0.51‡0.61‡
−0.39‡−0.100.44‡0.42‡−0.33†0.46‡0.46‡−0.34†−0.43‡−0.39‡0.58‡−0.36‡0.250.44‡0.33†0.34†−0.21−0.43‡
0.32†−0.23−0.33†0.50‡−0.62‡−0.61‡0.46‡0.59‡0.52‡−0.66‡0.55‡−0.21−0.40‡−0.17−0.150.31†0.35‡
−0.28−0.37†0.45‡−0.56‡−0.48‡0.72‡0.44‡0.62‡−0.50‡0.50‡0.16−0.27−0.39‡−0.280.58‡0.39‡
0.13−0.31†0.36‡0.32†−0.45‡−0.53‡−0.50‡0.38‡−0.31†0.290.44‡0.48‡0.70‡−0.45‡−0.62‡
−0.43‡0.54‡0.63‡−0.54‡−0.47‡−0.56‡0.60‡−0.240.180.49‡0.52‡0.00−0.41‡−0.43‡
−0.56‡−0.50‡0.54‡0.53‡0.70‡−0.68‡0.61‡−0.24−0.55‡−0.34†−0.200.57‡0.46‡
0.68‡−0.70‡−0.68‡−0.72‡0.79‡−0.44‡0.34†0.55‡0.54‡0.35‡−0.57‡−0.61‡
−0.51‡−0.65‡−0.67‡0.71‡−0.43‡0.240.53‡0.34‡0.18−0.47‡−0.53‡
0.63‡0.76‡−0.68‡0.39‡−0.17−0.55‡−0.67‡−0.41‡0.61‡0.61‡
0.65‡−0.63‡0.42‡−0.29−0.52‡−0.57‡−0.37‡0.64‡0.69‡
−0.82‡0.60‡−0.27−0.76‡−0.57‡−0.31†0.61‡0.58‡
−0.54‡0.36‡0.63‡0.56‡0.32†−0.57‡−0.48‡
−0.06−0.45‡−0.23−0.220.39‡0.44‡
0.45‡0.35†0.24−0.30†−0.37‡
0.53‡0.41‡−0.45‡−0.48‡
0.55‡−0.58‡−0.63‡
−0.22−0.46‡
0.62‡

Note. N = 79. Significance levels ‡,, and (two-tailed).