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Background: Statistics is compulsory in health science but many students find it difficult, boring, and stressful. Their attitudes strongly affect confidence, motivation, and performance. Supportive teaching methods can reduce anxiety and improve learning.
Objective: To assess the attitudes of BSN undergraduate Allied health science students toward statistics and identify factors influencing their perception.
Material Methods: A descriptive cross‑sectional study was conducted at PUMHSW Nawabshah and affiliated colleges. A total of 115 BSN 8th semester students were selected using convenience sampling. Data were collected through the SATS‑36 questionnaire and analyzed in SPSS version 25 using descriptive statistics and t‑tests at a 95% confidence level.
Results: The study included 115 BSN 8th semester students with a mean age of 23.21 ± 1.55 years. Most participants were female (68.4%), unmarried (79.1%), and Muslim (96.6%), with Sindhi ethnicity (56.5%) being most common. Attitudes toward statistics were mixed: while 43.6% believed they could do well and 39.3% agreed statistical skills improve employability, many reported challenges 29.1% felt nervous, 28.2% felt insecure solving problems, and 32.5% linked math anxiety to difficulty. Still, 40.2% enjoyed applying statistics in real life, showing that despite anxiety, students recognized the subject’s usefulness for career and research.
Conclusion: Students acknowledge the importance of statistics but struggle with anxiety, difficulty, and negative perceptions. Their performance and confidence are directly influenced by both cognitive and non‑cognitive factors.