ERIC Number: EJ753842
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Oct-6
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Demographic and Methodological Problems in Recent Environmental Attitude Studies: Comment on Yilmaz, Boone, and Andersen (2004) and Other Studies
Taskin, Ozgur
International Journal of Science Education, v28 n12 p1489-1492 Oct 2006
A recent paper by Yilmaz, Boone, and Andersen (2004) is criticized on four grounds. First, the paper does not have adequate definitions of "urban" and "sub"urban". Second, the interpretation of these terms for Ankara does not reveal the particular socio-economic circumstances existing there. Third, no clear grounds are established for the ascription of group attitudes. Four, the language of some of the questions will have been unfamiliar to respondents. Other recent studies are subjected to similar criticisms.
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Criticism, Research Problems, Statistical Bias, Reader Response, Foreign Countries, Attitude Measures
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey (Ankara)
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