Role of gender, self-efficacy, anxiety and testing formats in learning spreadsheets

Authors:
Anil Singh;Vikram Bhadauria;Anurag Jain;Anil Gurung
Affiliations:
School of Business, University of Texas at Brownsville, 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas, TX 78520, United States;College of Business, Southern Arkansas University, 100 E. University, Magnolia, AR 71753, United States;Bertolon School of Business, Salem State University, 352 Lafayette St., Salem, MA 01970, United States;Marshall University, College of Business, One John Marshall Drive, Huntington, WV 25755, United States
Venue:
Computers in Human Behavior
Year:
2013

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Abstract

In this paper we investigate the role of spreadsheet self-efficacy, spreadsheet anxiety, and gender in explaining performance in using spreadsheets. Additionally, we compare two learning assessment formats: multiple choice tests and constructed response tests, as applied to spreadsheets. The empirical investigation using data from 217 students indicates the following: (1) spreadsheet self-efficacy was inversely related to spreadsheet anxiety. (2) Female students reported higher levels of spreadsheet anxiety. (3) There was significant difference between the variances of multiple choice test scores and constructed response test scores and (4) Female students performed better than male students in multiple choice test format and were at par with male students in constructed response test format.