The Development and Validation of a Measure of General Attitudes toward Computers
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The development and factorial validity of an instrument to measure the attitudes of students toward the use of computers are described and one identifiable factor dimension entitled General Attitudes Toward Computers is revealed.
Abstract
The development and factorial validity of an instrument to measure the attitudes of students toward the use of computers are described. A factor analysis of the intercorrelations of responses to 30 items for a sample of 233 seventh- and eighth-grade students in a white middle-class school revealed one identifiable factor dimension entitled General Attitudes Toward Computers with an estimated alpha internal consistency reliability of .87.