Abstract

OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, Ailton Paulo de  and  MORAIS, José Fausto de. Validação da escala de atitudes de professores de estatística em relação à estatística no ensino superior no Brasil. Ciência educ. [online]. 2009, vol.15, n.03, pp.581-591. ISSN 1516-7313.

This study aimed to build and validate a scale of attitudes of teachers of Statistics towards Statistics in the Graduate courses in Brazil. The validation of the scale of attitudes of teachers of Statistics in relation to Statistics (EAPE) had a sample of 87 teachers from seven Brazilian states (Distrito Federal, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais) from institutions of higher education both public and private. Factor analysis was performed for the experimental verification of dimensionality of EAPE, andfour factors were considered most appropriate. The factors taken were called cognitive, educational, emotional/social and conduct, with the Cronbach alphas of 0.65, 0.68, 0.51 and 0.63, respectively. The scale showed a general internal consistency of 0.76.

Keywords : Validity; Attitude; Statistic.

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