Statistics are too imprecise to be much use. Statistics are a male oriented way of trying to understand human nature. I will enjoy learning about the use of statistics in research. I expect to find statistics interesting. I like the idea of learning statistics.
Statistics can be enjoyable.
Statistics are boring. Eigenvalue Percentage of total variance accounted for Number of test measures. Factor analysis of the 16 questions from the attitudes to statistics questionnaire were conducted on the data from 110 university undergraduates. Six variables loaded onto this factor. It is clear from table 1 that the six questions which load onto this factor all relate to students anxieties regarding statistics.