Correlation Matrixa,b

Correlation

Statistics
I don't
make me cry understand
statistics

Statistics make me cry

3
I have little
experience of
computers

I have never Computers

been good at are useful
mathematics only for
playing games

1.000

.677

-.043

-.318

.233

.677

1.000

.040

-.517

-.030

I have little experience

of computers

-.043

.040

1.000

-.278

.233

I have never been good

at mathematics

-.318

-.517

-.278

1.000

.173

Computers are useful

only for playing games

.233

-.030

.233

.173

1.000

SPSS always crashes

when I try to use it

.358

.517

.438

-.438

.640

-.359

.014

-.192

.192

.196

I can't sleep for the

thought of Eigen values

.224

.296

.224

-.224

-.252

My friends are better at

SPSS than I am

-.008

.030

-.233

.640

-.034

I weep openly at the

mention of Central
Tendency

-.178

.267

-.472

-.190

-.014

People try to tell you

that SPSS makes
statistics easier to
understand

.004

.292

-.307

-.160

-.827

Computers are out to

get me

.558

.219

-.141

.141

.773

I don't understand
statistics

2
3
4
5
6
7

I slip into a coma

whenever I see an
equation

8
9

10

11
12

a. Determinant = .000
b. This matrix is not positive definite.

Correlation Matrixa,b

SPSS always I slip into a

crashes when coma
I try to use it whenever I
see an
equation

8
I can't sleep
for the
thought of
Eigen values

10

My friends are
better at
SPSS than I
am

I weep openly
at the mention
of Central
Tendency

11

12

People try to tell Computers

you that SPSS are out to get
makes statistics me
easier to
understand

.358

-.359

.224

-.008

-.178

.004

.558

.517

.014

.296

.030

.267

.292

.219

.438

-.192

.224

-.233

-.472

-.307

-.141

-.438

.192

-.224

.640

-.190

-.160

.141

.640

.196

-.252

-.034

-.014

-.827

.773

1.000

.394

-.179

-.414

.227

-.514

.558

.394

1.000

-.607

-.196

.543

-.239

.198

-.179

-.607

1.000

.454

0.000

.463

-.328

-.414

-.196

.454

1.000

.055

.302

-.028

.227

.543

0.000

.055

1.000

.230

.022

-.514

-.239

.463

.302

.230

1.000

-.673

.558

.198

-.328

-.028

.022

-.673

1.000

Table 01
Pair of Question Co-efficient
1
1&3
0.043
2
1&5
0.233
3
1&8
0.224
4
1&9
0.008
5
1&10
0.178
6
1&11
0.004
7
2&3
0.04
8
2&5
0.03
9
2&7
0.014
10
2&9
0.03
11
2&12
0.219
12
3&5
0.233
13
3&7
0.192
14
3&8
0.224
15
3&9
0.233
16
3&12
0.141
17
4&5
0.173
18
4&7
0.192
19
4&8
0.224
20
4&10
0.19
21
4&11
0.16
22
4&12
0.141
23
5&7
0.196
24
5&9
0.034
25
5&10
0.014
26
5&11
0.827
27
5&12
0.773
28
6&8
0.179
29
6&10
0.227
30
7&9
0.196
31
7&11
0.239
32
7&12
0.198
33
8&10
0
34
9&10
0.055
35
9&12
0.028
36
10&11
0.23
37
10&12
0.022
Note: 2 are higher than 0.75 and
35 are less than 0.25

Table 02
Pair of Question Qn. Dropped New Determinant
1
1&3
1
4.97E-08
2
1&3
3
1.99E-07
3
1&5
5
0
4
1&8
8
9.98E-09
5
1&9
9
4.05E-07
6
1&10
10
1.88E-05
7
1&11
11
2.98E-08
8
2&3
2
6.40E-08
9
2&7
7
1.14E-08
10
2&12
12
0
11
4&5
4
1.12E-07
12
6&8
6
5.66E-05
Note: Q05 & Q12 have highest determinant 0.0001,
but Q12 has more missing values, hence Q12 shall
be dropped.
After dropping Q12, the analysis did not report KMO
value and significance value because the sample size
is too low.

After dropping Qn 12, Correlation Matrixa,b

Correlation

I have never
been good at
mathematics

Computers
I can't sleep
I have never SPSS always
I have little
are useful
for the
been good at crashes when
Statistics
experience of
only for
thought of
mathematics I try to use it make me cry computers playing games Eigen values
1.000
-.438
-.318
-.278
.173
-.224

SPSS always
crashes when
I try to use it

-.438

1.000

.358

.438

.640

-.179

Statistics
make me cry

-.318

.358

1.000

-.043

.233

.224

I have little
experience of
computers

-.278

.438

-.043

1.000

.233

.224

Computers
are useful
only for
playing games

.173

.640

.233

.233

1.000

-.252

I can't sleep
for the
thought of
Eigen values

-.224

-.179

.224

.224

-.252

1.000

My friends are
better at
SPSS than I
am

.640

-.414

-.008

-.233

-.034

.454

I weep openly
at the mention
of Central
Tendency

-.190

.227

-.178

-.472

-.014

0.000

People try to
tell you that
SPSS makes
statistics
easier to
understand

-.160

-.514

.004

-.307

-.827

.463

I don't
understand
statistics

-.517

.517

.677

.040

-.030

.296

I slip into a
coma
whenever I
see an
equation

.192

.394

-.359

-.192

.196

-.607

a. Determinant = .000
b. This matrix is not positive definite.

ation Matrixa,b

People try to
tell you that
My friends are I weep openly SPSS makes
better at
at the mention
statistics
I don't
SPSS than I
of Central
easier to
understand
am
Tendency
understand
statistics
.640
-.190
-.160
-.517

I slip into a
coma
whenever I
see an
equation
.192

-.414

.227

-.514

.517

.394

-.008

-.178

.004

.677

-.359

-.233

-.472

-.307

.040

-.192

-.034

-.014

-.827

-.030

.196

.454

0.000

.463

.296

-.607

1.000

.055

.302

.030

-.196

.055

1.000

.230

.267

.543

.302

.230

1.000

.292

-.239

.030

.267

.292

1.000

.014

-.196

.543

-.239

.014

1.000

Communalities
Question
1 Statistics make me cry

Initial
1.000

Extraction
.711

I have little experience of computers

1.000

.651

Computers are useful only for playing

1.000

.914

I can't sleep for the thought of Eigen

1.000

.709

My friends are better at SPSS than I am

1.000

.904

I weep openly at the mention of Central

1.000

.809

People try to tell you that SPSS makes

statistics easier to understand

1.000

.911

1.000

.885

I slip into a coma whenever I see an

1.000

.852

I have never been good at mathematics

1.000

.937

SPSS always crashes when I try to use it

1.000

.953

3 games
4 values
5

6 Tendency

7
8 I don't understand statistics
9 equation
10
11
Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.

Note: Q02 is least important & Q11 is most

important.

Total Variance Explained

Initial Eigenvalues
Component
1

Extraction Sums of Squared Loadings

Total
% of Variance Cumulative %
3.059
27.813
27.813

Total
% of Variance Cumulative %
3.059
27.813
27.813

2.656

24.143

51.956

2.656

24.143

51.956

2.024

18.397

70.353

2.024

18.397

70.353

1.496

13.602

83.955

1.496

13.602

83.955

.958

8.712

92.667

.554

5.035

97.702

.119

1.084

98.785

.097

.883

99.669

.028

.252

99.920

10

.009

.080

100.000

11

1.237E-17

1.124E-16

100.000

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.

Note: All the questions can be clubbed under 04 factors.

Component Matrixa
Component
1

1 Statistics make me cry

2

.417

I have little experience of computers

.391

.263

-.599

-.265

Computers are useful only for playing

.741

-.182

-.258

.515

I can't sleep for the thought of Eigen

-.479

.629

-.215

.193

My friends are better at SPSS than I am

-.588

-.086

-.082

.737

I weep openly at the mention of Central

.055

.001

.884

.154

People try to tell you that SPSS makes

statistics easier to understand

-.771

.389

.379

-.148

.190

.798

.364

.281

.446

-.484

.646

.031

I have never been good at mathematics

-.297

-.741

-.196

.512

SPSS always crashes when I try to use it

.904

.313

.137

.136

6 Tendency

7
8 I don't understand statistics
I slip into a coma whenever I see an

9 equation

11

4
-.109

4 values

10

3
.695

3 games

2
.207

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.

a. 4 components extracted.

Table 03
Structuring of Questionnaire
Factor 1: Myths about Computers/SPSS
1 Computers are useful only for playing games
2 People try to tell you that SPSS makes statistics easier to understand
3 SPSS always crashes when I try to use it
Factor 2: Aptitude for Statistics
4 Statistics make me cry
5 I can't sleep for the thought of Eigen values
6 I don't understand statistics
7 I have never been good at mathematics
Factor 3: Aptitude for Computers/Mathematics
8 I have little experience of computers
9 I weep openly at the mention of Central Tendency
10 I slip into a coma whenever I see an equation
Factor 4: Self-esteem/Confidence
11 My friends are better at SPSS than I am