ABSTRACT
Chapters2and3describedhowtocollectfactualanddemographicinformationusingquestionnaires.Inthischapter,howquestionnairescanbeusedto measureattitudeswillbeconsidered.
Anattitudeisageneralpredispositiontowardgroupsofpeople,organizations,institutions,andsoon.Whenwemeasureattitudes,weaskquestionsabout feelings,actions,andpotentialactions.Consider,forinstance,attitudetoward school.Tomeasurethis,wecouldwriteitemsthataskrespondentshowtheyfeel aboutdoingtheirhomeworkassignments,aboutparticipatinginclassroomdiscussions,abouttheirinteractionswiththeirteachers,andsoon.Wecouldalsoask abouthowtheyactwithquestionsaboutplayinghooky,tryingtheirbestwhen workingonclassprojects,andsoon.Inaddition,wecouldaskaboutpotentialactionssuchaswhethertheywoulddropoutofschoolifallowedtodoso.
