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<journal-id>2222-145X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Reportes científicos de la FACEN]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rep. cient. FACEN]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2222-145X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2222-145X2022000100051</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/rcfacen.2022.13.1.51</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Actitudes de estudiantes universitarios de Paraguay sobre la Estadística]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Attitudes of Paraguayan university students about Statistics]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barrios]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iván]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barrios]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jazmín]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bordón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alcides]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Maidana-Pont]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ema]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Basilio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Torales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Americana Facultad de Posgrado ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Rosa del Aguaray ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Norte Facultad de Ciencias Médicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>51</fpage>
<lpage>56</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2222-145X2022000100051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2222-145X2022000100051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2222-145X2022000100051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Esta investigación buscó describir las actitudes que tienen los estudiantes universitarios de Paraguay hacia la enseñanza de la Estadística en sus respectivas carreras universitarias. Este fue un estudio descriptivo, de corte transversal, realizado a través de una encuesta compartida en Internet durante los meses de agosto a octubre de 2021, con muestreo de tipo accidental. Para evaluar las actitudes hacia la Estadística se utilizó una adaptación al español de la &#8220;Escala de actitudes hacia la Estadística&#8221;, que cuenta con buenas propiedades psicométricas y consta de cuatro factores: seguridad, importancia, utilidad y deseo de aprender. Participaron 295 sujetos, de los cuales el 63,7 % (n=188) eran mujeres y el 64, 4% (n=190) eran estudiantes de una Universidad pública. El factor seguridad se relacionó con la carrera estudiada (F [4; 290]=2,56; p=0,039). En una prueba post hoc se encontró que el único par con diferencia significativa estuvo entre los estudiantes de Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud y los de Ingenierías, ya que estos últimos tenían actitudes más favorables hacia la Estadística en el factor seguridad (p=0,032). Aquellos que realizaron un curso extracurricular de Estadística puntuaron mayor en todos los factores; sin embargo, solo el factor utilidad se asoció de forma significativa (t [293]=-2,911; p=0,004). Los participantes que habían publicado un artículo científico también tuvieron mayores puntuaciones en todos los factores de la escala, siendo tres de ellos significativos: la importancia (t [293]=2,039; p=0,042), la utilidad (t [293]=2,153; p=0,032) y el deseo de aprender (t [293]=2,196; p=0,029). Es recomendable que las autoridades universitarias arbitren los medios necesarios para que los estudiantes logren comprender y apreciar el valor de la ciencia estadística en el día a día de la generación del conocimiento y de la investigación científica, pilares de la educación universitaria.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This research sought to describe the attitudes that university students in Paraguay have towards the teaching of Statistics in their respective university careers. This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, conducted through a survey shared on the Internet during the months of August to October 2021, with accidental sampling. To assess attitudes towards Statistics, an adaptation to Spanish of the "Escala de actitudes hacia la Estadística" was used, which has good psychometric properties and consists of four factors: security, importance, usefulness and desire to know. A total of 295 subjects participated, of whom 63.7% (n=188) were women and 64.4% (n=190) were students at a public university. The safety factor was related to the career studied (F [4; 290]=2.56; p=0.039). In a post hoc test it was found that the only pair with a significant difference was between Medical and Health Sciences students and Engineering students, since the latter had more favorable attitudes towards Statistics in the safety factor (p=0.032). Those who took an extracurricular Statistics course scored higher on all factors; however, only the usefulness factor was significantly associated (t [293]=-2.911; p=0.004). Participants who had published a scientific article also had higher scores on all scale factors, with three of them being significant: importance (t [293]=2.039; p=0.042), usefulness (t [293]=2.153; p=0.032) and desire to know (t [293]=2.196; p=0.029). It is advisable that university authorities provide the necessary means for students to understand and appreciate the value of statistical science in the day-to-day generation of knowledge and scientific research, pillars of university education.]]></p></abstract>
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