  The level of test anxiety in mathematics subjects among early undergraduate
students at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus is studied in this
paper. The sample consists of 206 students taking several mathematics modules
who completed the questionnaires on test anxiety just before they entered the
venue for midterm exams. The sample data include the differences in the context
of academic levels, gender groups and nationality backgrounds. The level of
test anxiety in mathematics is measured using seven Likert questionnaire
statements adapted from the Test Anxiety Inventory describing one's emotional
feeling before the exam start. In general, the result shows that the students
who had a lower score expectation were more anxious than those who had a higher
score expectation, but that they obtained a better score than the expected
score. In the context of academic levels, gender groups and nationality
backgrounds, there were no significant correlations between the level of test
anxiety and the students' academic performance. The effect size of the
correlation values ranged from extremely small to moderate.
