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ERIC Number: EJ354664
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Measuring Ambivalence to Science.
Gardner, P. L.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v24 n3 p241-47 Mar 1987
Discusses the complicating effects of ambivalence on the validity of science attitude measurement scales. Cites studies indicating that the positive and negative effects about a particular psychological object are not necessarily bipolar. Suggests the use of factor analysis to check dimensionality in instruments. (TW)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Factor Analysis, Forced Choice Technique, Item Analysis, Science Education, Scientific Attitudes, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Semantic Differential, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Bias, Test Construction, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Likert Scales; Science Education Research