The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the graduate students' research anxiety and their levels of uneasiness in information literacy. In accordance with this aim, the study was designed through the use of a correlational survey method. The sample of the study consisted of 401 graduate students from the teacher education programs at public universities in Turkey. Research Anxiety Scale and Information Literacy Scale were used as data collection instruments in the study. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and simple linear regression were used to analyze data. The results indicated that there was a positive significant relationship between research anxiety and levels of uneasiness in information literacy and the strength of the relationship was moderate. Finally, uneasiness levels in information literacy were found to be a significant predictor of research anxiety.
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Author Name: Gürbüz OCAK, Neriman ATASEVEN
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Keywords: Information literacy, Research anxiety, Graduate students
ISSN: 2146-5959
EISSN: 2146-5967
EOI/DOI: 10.5961/jhes.2016.173
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