Data from an International Multi-Centre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset)

This large, international dataset contains survey responses from N = 12,570 students from 100 universities in 35 countries, collected in 21 languages. We measured anxieties (statistics, mathematics, test, trait, social interaction, performance, creativity, intolerance of uncertainty, and fear of negative evaluation), self-efficacy, persistence, and the cognitive reflection test, and collected demographics, previous mathematics grades, self-reported and official statistics grades, and statistics module details. Data reuse potential is broad, including testing links between anxieties and statistics/mathematics education factors, and examining instruments’ psychometric properties across different languages and contexts. Data and metadata are stored on the Open Science Framework website [https://osf.io/mhg94/].

Matthew O. Parker | Joanna E. Lewis | Joel R. Anderson | Tessa R. Flack | Robert A. Cribbie | Thomas E. Hunt | Ali H. Al-Hoorie | Patrick A. O’Connor | Crystal N. Steltenpohl | Juan David Leongómez | R. Cribbie | F. Scharnowski | M. Salgado | Sanne H. G. van der Ven | E. Graf | B. Verschuere | A. Field | G. Štiglic | E. Buchanan | M. Platow | S. Forwood | A. Greco | O. Lindemann | C. Artemenko | H. Nuerk | N. Badcock | D. Rhodes | T. Wege | A. Callea | B. Aczel | Letizia Caso | Z. Leviston | Saadet Yapan | S. Agrigoroaei | L. Copping | Karin Täht | Burcu Tekeş | Wing-Yee Cheung | Patricia Garrido-Vásquez | K. Francis | M. Elsherif | D. Van Rooy | S. Schmidt | M. Brolly | Kinga Morsanyi | Gaëtan Mertens | V. Enea | M. Soltanlou | R. Nurwanti | A. Vatakis | Dmitri Rozgonjuk | M. Barwood | Iro Xenidou-Dervou | Conal Monaghan | Linda K. Tip | Matúš Adamkovič | J. Sarfo | A. Zsido | G. Daroczy | J. Bahnmueller | A. Counsell | L. Geven | Deborah Crossland | Ilija Milovanović | K. de Groot | P. Branney | Y. Shou | D. Hanna | E. Walters | Hilal H. Şen | Samuel P. Hills | K. Mikkor | J. Randell | Yunfeng He | J. Huber | K. McAloney-Kocaman | Susan Cooper | Nicola Palena | Flávia H. Santos | M. Helmy | F. Guppy | K. Jankowsky | S. Penny | K. Ogba | D. Ansari | Samantha K. Stanley | Amy Warhurst | A. Estudillo | R. Zein | Siobhán M. Griffin | Nataly Beribisky | P. Schmid | Omid Ghasemi | R. M. Ross | Z. Takacs | T. Nagy | K. K. Himawan | Juneman Abraham | A. Bret | Zoe M. Flack | Jenny Terry | Elizabeth Collins | Udi Alter | J. Wagge | F. O. Egara | Desirée González | J. Chapman | J. De keersmaecker | M. Reyes-Rodríguez | Ivan Ropovik | C. Hand | O. Semenikhina | Bhasker Malu | Ahmed Al Khateeb | M. Drushlyak | K. Swainston | G. Baník | Sophie J Leonard | Roberto A. Ferreira | T. Ramis | F. A. Abidin | O. Clark | C. J. Hand | Elise Grimm | Charlie Lea | M. Batashvili | Shane Lindsay | Alexander Karner | A. J. Roberts | Grace McMahon | James M. Clay | Mariah Lecompte | Johnrev Guilaran | K. Darda | Nazlı Akay | Tiago J. S. Lima | Katie A. Gilligan-Lee | K. Thomas | J. Mosbacher | Anne H. Van Hoogmoed | M. Ostroha | Cristina Rodríguez | U. W. Rahajeng | Anke C. Buttner | İbrahim Öztürk | Philipp Schmid | Neslihan Özhan | Karuna Thomas | Mauricio E. Garrido Vásquez | Tolga Ergiyen | Feyza Topçu | Merve G. Tutlu | Maxine M. C. Storm | Katharina Schmid | L. De Kwaadsteniet | Lisa A. D. Webster | Horace Lai | T. Liew | Dar Peterburg | U. Alter | F. Egara | Mai Helmy | A. Warhurst | Kristel de Groot | Ibrahim Öztürk | Charlie Lea | Jonas De keersmaecker | K. Gilligan-Lee | Ali H. Al‐Hoorie | Ahmed A. Al Khateeb | Cristina Rodríguez | Lisa A. D. Webster | Tamás Nagy | Mauricio Salgado | Susan Cooper | Anke C. Buttner | Nazlı Akay | Flavia H. Santos | Marina G. Drushlyak | Yiyun Shou | Yunfeng He | Stephanie N. L. Schmidt | Roberto A. Ferreira | Neslihan Özhan | Gregor Štiglic | Darren Rhodes | Hilal H. Şen | Joel R. Anderson | Mariia M. Ostroha | Oliver Lindemann | Joanna E. Lewis | Maxine M. C. Storm | Andrea Greco | Katharina Schmid | Thomas E. Hunt | Peter Branney | Jordan Randell | Oliver J. Clark | Stefan Agrigoroaei | Erich W. Graf | Amy C. Warhurst | Shane Lindsay | Leontien De Kwaadsteniet | Kathryn B. Francis | Mariah Lecompte | Elizabeth R. Walters | Ho Yan Lai | D. S. Crossland | Andrew J. Roberts | Wing-Yee Cheung | Timothy Liew | Dar Peterburg | Andy P. Field | Flávia H. Santos | M. G. Drushlyak | Ahmed Al khateeb

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