Abstract
Many graduate education students face challenges in mastering statistical literacy when they take statistics courses online.To develop effectively facilitate learning of statistics courses online and use appropriate teaching strategies,it is necessary to consider students' dispositional elements,such as motivation,anxiety,attitudes,and beliefs toward statistics,as well as knowledge elements.However,research has not been sufficiently conducted to investigate the relationships between statistical literacy and various dispositional variables.Literature also indicates that instruments that comprehensively evaluate these relationships are lacking.Therefore,the researchers developed a survey to measure graduate education students' dispositions on statistical literacy in online learning to investigate their relationships.This paper reports the process of instrument design and the results of the pilot study.Findings will help faculty to better understand students' dispositions related to m