Development and Validation of General Mathematical Anxiety Scale

Abstract

The aim of this study was to construct and validate a mathematical anxiety test. The test consists of total 18 likert type items with options ranging from Always, Often, Sometime, Rarely and Never. The preliminary instrument consisting of 24 likert type items was tested on 300 students. After the refinement of items using different procedures, only 18 items were selected. The construction and development of the test was done by expert review, preliminary draft, item analysis, selection of items, preparation of final test, norms, validity and reliability of the test. The Cronbach’s (α) and split-half reliability of the test as found 0.893 & 0.890 respectively. The intrinsic and criterion validity of the test was found to be 0.944 & 0.740 with satisfactory face, content, discriminant, convergent validity.