Measuring Statistics Attitudes: Structure of the Survey of Attitudes toward Statistics (SATS-36)

Autor/inn/en	VanHoof, Stijn; Kuppens, Sofie; Sotos, Ana Elisa Castro; Verschaffel, Lieven; Onghena, Patrick
Titel	Measuring Statistics Attitudes: Structure of the Survey of Attitudes toward Statistics (SATS-36)
Quelle	In: Statistics Education Research Journal, 10 (2011) 1, S.35-51 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1570-1824
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Statistics; College Instruction; College Students; Student Attitudes; Factor Analysis; Questionnaires; Test Construction; Item Analysis; Translation; English; Indo European Languages; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Statistik; Hochschullehre; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Faktorenanalyse; Fragebogen; Testaufbau; Itemanalyse; English language; Englisch; Indoeuropäisch; Belgien
Abstract	Although a number of instruments for assessing attitudes toward statistics have been developed, several questions with regard to the structure and item functioning remain unresolved. In this study, the structure of the Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics (SATS-36), a widely used questionnaire to measure six aspects of students' attitudes toward statistics, is investigated. This study addresses the previously unexplored issue of individual item functioning. Based on confirmatory factor analysis using individual items, the results suggest that the SATS-36 can be improved by removing some poorly functioning items and that depending on the goals of a specific study either six subscales could be used or three of them (Affect, Cognitive Competence, and Difficulty) can be combined into one subscale without losing much information. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association for Statistics Education and the International Statistical Institute. PO Box 24070, 2490 AB The Hague, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-70-3375737; Fax: +31-70-3860025; e-mail: isi@cbs.nl; Web site: http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/serj
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10