Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 11, Issue 2, Article 4 (Dec., 2010) Gamze SEZGİN SELÇUK Correlation study of physics achievement, learning strategy, attitude and gender in an introductory physics course Previous Contents Next

Data Analysis

The data obtained from the revised Learning Strategies Scale for Physics Learning, "The Scale of Attitudes towards Physics," and the Personal Information Form (gender type and physics achievement) have been analyzed using the SPSS (Version 13.0) statistical analysis program. Frequencies (n), percentages (%), means (M) and standard deviations (SD) were calculated. In this study, in order to see how accurately the independent variables could predict student grades in physics, the researcher used Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) Analysis. For the gender variable, "Female" was coded as 1 and "Male" was coded as 2. For data regarding academic success of students that completed the questionnaires, the researcher used the average of their final passing grades for Physics I and Physics II.