Development of mathematics anxiety scale: Factor analysis as a determinant of subcategories
Yusuf Feyisara Zakariya 1 2 *
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1 Department of Science Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
2 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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