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A FURTHER APPROACH TO ATTITUDE SCALING
Author(s) -
ADAMS R. S.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1962.tb01761.x
Subject(s) - psychology , rating scale , scaling , scale (ratio) , principal (computer security) , simple (philosophy) , social psychology , mathematics education , applied psychology , developmental psychology , mathematics , epistemology , computer science , geometry , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
S ummary . In an attempt to find a simple, uncomplicated and effective way of measuring attitudes that might prove useful to the classroom teacher, a series of experiments was carried out at a teachers' training college. A self‐rating scale which required the conceptualising of attitudes in numerical rather than verbal terms was devised as the principal instrument and the results of its application were compared with those from two traditional attitude scales constructed for the same purpose. The self‐rating scale proved as effective as the other scales and in addition, gave evidence of having validity against a behavioural criterion.