Proposing a Survey Instrument for Measuring Operational, Formal, Information, and Strategic Internet Skills

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 827-837

  van Deursen, A J A M ^a   van Dijk, J A G M ^a   Peters, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FIRST-ORDER; LARGE-SCALE DATUM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE TESTS; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; TIME SPENT;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

INTERNET;

EID: 84868245775     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2012.670086     Document Type: Article

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