Assessing statistics attitudes among college students: Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Survey of Attitudes toward Statistics (SATS)

被引：57

作者：

Chiesi, Francesca ^{[1
]}

Primi, Caterina ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Florence, Dept Psychol, I-50144 Florence, Italy

来源：

LEARNING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | 2009年 / 19卷 / 02期

关键词：

Statistics achievement; Attitude; Cross-cultural validity; Confirmatory factor analysis;

D O I：

10.1016/j.lindif.2008.10.008

中图分类号：

G44 [教育心理学];

学科分类号：

0402 ; 040202 ;

摘要：

The aim of the present research was to test the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics (SKI'S) in order to acquire a valid instrument to measure attitudes inside the Italian educational context. The SATS was administered to Italian-speaking undergraduate students enrolled in introductory statistics courses. A confirmatory factor analysis validated the four-factor structure of the scale, and good indices for both reliability and validity were obtained. A multi-group analysis confirmed the time invariance (beginning vs. end of the Course) of the SATS, with a minor exception. Given the invariance across time, latent mean structures analysis revealed small to large significant changes in the four attitude dimensions. The present study provided evidence for the validity and reliability of the SATS when applied to the Italian learning framework. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

引用

页码：309 / 313

页数：5

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