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Test Anxiety and Foreign Language Reading Anxiety in a Reading-Proficiency Test

Ya-Chin Tsai — 2012-02-08

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 8 February 2012; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.95.103

Problem statement: The impact of foreign-language anxiety has been researched with respect to the reading domain; however, how it affects reading proficiency in relation to test anxiety in a test situ...

Ten Common Misunderstandings, Misconceptions, Persistent Myths and Urban Legends about Likert Scales and Likert Response Formats and their Antidotes

James Carifio — 2007-09-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/jssp.2007.106.116

A recent article by Jamieson in Medical Education outlined some of the (alleged) abuses of "Likert scales" with suggestions about how researchers can overcome some of the (alleged) methodological pitf...

Ethical Issues in E-Commerce on the Basis of Online Retailing

Sinan Nardal — 2011-02-10

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 10 February 2011; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.190.198

Problem statement: The rapid spread of e-commerce has created tremendous opportunities for economic efficiency and customer choice. Use of the global Internet computer network for ecommerce activities...

The Effect of Learning Styles on Education and the Teaching Process

Ibrahim Yasar Kazu — 2009-06-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 June 2009; doi:10.3844/jssp.2009.85.94

Problem statement: It is of great importance that individuals actively participate in the learning process; that, starting from the early ages, their awareness be raised about the efficiency of the le...

Attitudes of High School Students toward Physical Education and Their Sport Activity Preferences

Howard Z. Zeng — 2011-08-15

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 15 August 2011; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.529.537

Problem statement: Identifying and understanding correlates of school children’s physical education activity participation are critical to promoting current and lifelong physical activity particip...