PSYCHOMETRIC EVALUATION OF THE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY SCALE (SASTSc

Abstract

The current study sought to evaluate the Students’ Attitudes toward Statistics and Technology Scale (SASTSc) in two samples of students taking a statistics course that incorporates statistical software. The SASTSc was given at two time points, once at the beginning of the semester and then again at the end of the semester. Our evaluation included examining competing factor analytic models, examining correlations with related measures, test-retest reliability, and assessing internal consistency. Our results in both samples replicate the scale’s proposed factor structure; however, not all items were useful and we propose some changes to the wording of items to potentially improve the scale. Data, analysis scripts, and results are publicly available at https://osf.io/rv64m/.