Web based instruction attitude scale:Explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop a scale to measure the students’ attitudes towards web based instruction. Also, perform the reliability and validity studies of this scale. With this aim in mind, a five-point Likert type scale was prepared which was consisting of 58 items. This scale was administered to a sample of 127 university students who were attended in Bilgi University e-MBA master program. The construct validity of this scale was assessed by factorial analysis. After factor analysis, the scale appeared to have two factorial components which were “Efficiency of web based instruction”, and “To resist web based instruction”. Reliability analyses were carried out through item total, item reminder correlations and item discriminating power. After item analysis, 16 items were removed from the scale. Cronbach Alfa internal consistency coefficient was found to be 0.917. The latest version of the scale was tested by using confirmatory factor analysis. The measurements revealed that the result had high goodness of fit and it could have been used in the measurement of students’ attitudes towards web based instruction.