Internal consistency reliability and construct validity of an Arabic translation of the shortened form of the Fennema-Sherman mathematics attitudes scales

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 565-571

  Alkhateeb, Haitham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

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ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; ARABS; ATTITUDE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; TRANSLATIONS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 2942687856     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.2.565-571     Document Type: Article

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