Adaptation and validation for portuguese (BR) of the SATS-28 scale to measure attitudes toward Statistics

Statistical information is daily presence in any citizen’s life in most different contexts. However, due to bad experiences with Mathematics in basic education, many Health students present negative attitudes towards Statistics. Knowing students’ attitudes towards Statistics allows us to understand their propensity to learn it and then it is possible to think about strategies that enable a change, in case the attitude is negative, contributing to the development and formation of students’ critical view. Thus, this study aimed to validate the SATS-28 scale of attitudes towards Statistics in Brazilian Portuguese version for Health students. Data from 811 students from 15 undergraduate Heath courses of Brazilians Federal Universities were used. The results indicate that the scale is valid and its results are consistent.