Subscales of the adapted Internet Skills Scale show acceptable internal consistency, lowest for the Operational subscale¶
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q2 i? McDonald's ω was .72 for Formal/Navigation, .70 for Informational/Evaluation, and .63 for Operational skills. → Burin 2018
Evidence¶
Burin 2018¶
Burin, D. I., Irrazabal, N., Injoque Ricle, I., Saux, G., & Barreyro, J. P. (2018). Self-reported internet skills, previous knowledge and working memory in text comprehension in E-learning. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 15:18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-018-0099-9
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Reliability analysis within the Study 1 factor analytic validation (n = 254). The article reports ω values for the three subscales and suggests the lower Operational reliability may reflect items rendered outdated by technological change, such as "watching videos".
"Internal consistency was, for Factor 1 (Formal/Navigation), ω = .72; for Factor 2 (In-formational/Evaluation), ω = .70; for Factor 3 (Operational), ω = .63."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Operational skills correlate moderately with Internet habitual use, while navigation and evaluation skills correlate only with informational activities — related
- The adapted 15-item Internet Skills Scale replicates a three-factor structure (formal/navigation, informational/evaluation, operational) in Latin American college students — related
- Most subscale reliabilities of the task-specific questionnaire were moderate to low (three of four subscales with 16 students, all four with 190), despite acceptable full-instrument reliability — related
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Subscales of the adapted Internet Skills Scale show acceptable internal consistency, lowest for the Operational subscale |
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Subscales of the adapted Internet Skills Scale show acceptable internal consistency, lowest for the Operational subscale |
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