Validation and validation of the Iranian version of the Internet Attitude Questionnaire in students

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mahtab ebrahimi kondori ¹ , mehrdad sabet ²

1 - Graduate of Azad University, Roodehen Branch
2 - Dean of the Faculty of Psychology, Roodehen Azad University

Received: 2022-04-13 Accepted : 2022-04-17 Published : 2023-08-23

Keywords: Students, Keywords: Psychometric Properties, Internet attitude, Exploratory analysis, Validity and validity,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Iranian version of the Internet Attitude Towards Questionnaire in students. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all students of Roodehen Azad University in the academic year of 2009-2010, which is 6500 people. Of these, 300 people were selected as the sample using the available sampling method. Data were collected through questionnaires, Dinef Internet Attitudes Standard and Kovafteros (2002). Internet Attitude Questionnaire 35 questions that are evaluated based on a 5-point Likert scale. Findings from heuristic factor analysis with principal component analysis with rotation matrix led to 4 factors that explain 61% of the total variance of the variables and the value of the 41-item test coefficient through Cronbach's alpha formula from 0.55 to Was estimated to be 0.89.The research method was descriptive-exploratory. The statistical population consisted of all students of Roodehen Azad University in the academic year of 2009-2010, which numbered 6500 people. To determine the sample size, according to the definition (Fidel 2007) for each question, the sample size should be 5 to 10 times, and considering that the Internet Attitude Questionnaire is 35 items, so the number of sample size based on the number of questionnaire questions is at least 200 He was a student. Due to the possibility of falling, 300 people were selected using the available sampling method.