The Explanation of Effective Factors on Attitudes to Computer among the Student of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Mostafa Atarodi ¹ , Mahmood Saeedy Rezvani ²

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Received: 2011-09-05 Accepted : 2011-11-05 Published : 2011-10-01

Keywords: Computer Attitudes, Socioeconomic status, Ownership of Personal Computer, Access to Internet, students,

Abstract :

This research aimed at examining the relationship among socio-economic status, having personal computer, access to internet, previous participation in computer courses and attitudes towards computer in the students of Ferdowsi university of Mashhad. This research is a descriptive one and of a correlation type. The statistical population includes all the students of Ferdowsi university of Mashhad. The sample consists of 180 (116 girls and 65 boys) which were selected though cluster random sampling method. The instrument used was computer attitude scale (CAS). The reliability of the total scale was calculated 0/92 through Alpha Chronbach. To analyze the results, we used pearson’s correlation coefficient, t test for independent groups, and regression at the same time. The results showed a positive correlation between socio-economic status and stress toward computer at the level of (PPP<%5) respectively. The results also showed that there was no significant correlation between male and female student's attitudes toward computer. Finally, the results showed that, two factors, that is, having personal computer and previous participation in computer courses have noticeable influence in student's attitudes towards computer.