On-line learning performance and computer anxiety measure for unemployed adult novices using a grey relation entropy method

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-215

  Chou, Jyh Rong ^a   Tsai, Hung Cheng ^b  

^a FORTUNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer anxiety; Grey relation entropy; Human information behavior; Individual differences; On line learning

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENTROPY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER ANXIETY; GREY RELATION ENTROPY; HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; ON-LINE LEARNING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 60249093832     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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