Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Created: January 02, 2021
Last Modified: January 18, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC
This script implements The Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS) by Hopko et al (2003).
D.R. Hopko, R. Mahadevan, R.L. Bare, & Melassa K. Hunt. (2003). The Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS): Construction, Validity, and Reliability. Assessment, 10, 178-182.
1 minute
Nine 5-point Likert scale questions, self-report
provided by Millisecond - can be edited under section Editable Parameters
File Name: amas_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| inquisit.version | Inquisit version number |
| computer.platform | Device platform: win | mac |ios | android |
| computer.touch | 0 = device has no touchscreen capabilities; 1 = device has touchscreen capabilities |
| computer.hasKeyboard | 0 = no external keyboard detected; 1 = external keyboard detected |
| startdate | Date script was run |
| starttime | Time script was started |
| subjectid | Assigned subject id number |
| groupid | Assigned group id number |
| sessionid | Assigned session id number |
| elapsedtime | Time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script |
| completed | 0 = Test was not completed 1 = Test was completed |
| textbox.age.response | Age response (if demographic questions are run) |
| radioButtons.gender.response | Gender response (if demographic questions are run) 1 = female; 2 = male; 3 = other |
| amasTotalScore | The AMAS total score (sum of all scores: q1-q9), range: 9-45 |
| zScore | Reports the gender dependent z-score of the amasTotalScore (Norms: Hopko et al, 2003, p.180) for Gender responses 'Other' and if no gender response were collected: the mean of the gender means is used |
| pScore | Reports the gender dependent p-value of the amasTotalScore(Norms: Hopko et al, 2003, p.180) for Gender responses 'Other' and if no gender response were collected: the mean of the gender means is used |
| zFemale | The female dependent z-score of the amasTotalScore |
| pFemale | The female dependent p-value of the amasTotalScore |
| zFemale | The male dependent z-score of the amasTotalScore |
| pFemale | The male dependent p-value of the amasTotalScore |
| zOverall | The gender neutral z-score of the amasTotalScore (uses the mean of the gender means) |
| pOverall | The gender neutral p-value |
| amasLMA | 'Learning Math Anxiety' (LMA), range: 5-25 (q1,3,6,7,8) |
| amasMEA | 'Math Evaluation Anxiety' (MEA), range: 4-20 (q2,4,5,9) |
File Name: amas.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Date the session was run |
| time | Time the session was run |
| subject | Participant ID |
| group | Group number |
| session | Session number |
| build | Inquisit version number |
| q*_response | Response given (in assigned values) to the respective questions Scale: 1 (low anxiety) to 5 (high anxiety) |
| q*_latency | How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited) |
The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| pageInstructions | Edit the instructions | |
| runDemographics | True = the script collects age and gender information false = the script skips demographic questions | false |