A bifactor model for the Scale of Attitudes towards Statistics

• Autores: Moral de la Rubia, José, Landero Hernández, René, González Ramírez, Mónica Teresa, Quezada Berumen, Lucía del Carmen
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/23942
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/23942
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Attitude; Statistics; Measurement; Students; Validation; Actitud; Estadística; Estudiantes; Medición; Validación; Statistiques; Mesure; Étudiants; Atitude; Estatística; Medição; Alunos; Validação

The objectives of the study were to determine the psychometric properties of the Scale of Attitudes towards Statistics in Mexico. In this instrumental study, a non-probabilistic sample of 383 Mexican psychology students who responded to two attitude scales was analyzed. The bifactor model with three specific factors (safety, pleasure-usefulness, and motivation) showed the best properties of fit and convergent validity. The average attitude was neutral and more positive in men than in women. The general factor had a high correlation with attitude towards research. It is concluded that the three-factor bifactor model represents the relationship between the items better than the original five-factor model.