ERIC Number: ED133358
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Apr
Pages: 49
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Development of the Research for Better Schools Student Attitude Survey.
Blair, Mark W.; Kershner, Keith M.
The objective of the study was the development and analysis of an instrument which assesses student attitudes toward school, work, self, and others. This objective ll5 item instrument was refined into an 80 item Student Attitude Survey which has documented qualities related to administration, processing, reliability, and validity. The revised instrument demonstrated a high degree of internal consistency. The average item to total score correlations for the major scales were .48, .53, .57, and .50. The split-half reliability coefficients were .80, .90, .88, and .79. Two indices of validity were employed: the agreement of staff and student ratings and scale sensitivity to experimental treatment effects. The first index was constrained by a relatively low level of interrater reliability. The second index did provide consistent and supportive results. Of the seven tests performed, six indicated the instrument's ability to identify experimental students who had been exposed to a program designed to affect the variables which the instrument intends to measure. The l975 and l976 forms of the survey are included in the document for the purpose of listing item content; for actual administration, the instrument is presented in an optical scanning format. (RC)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
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