title: A nutrition attitude instrument for nursing students.
abstract: This communication has focused on selected aspects of attitude measurement used in developing an attitude instrument, composed of one scale, appropriate for nursing students. The study generated a scale with a Coefficient Alpha of r = 0.87 and a split-half reliability estimate of r = 0.84. Due to the dependence of these reliability estimates on statistical correlations, the size and/or the manner of the selection of the sample is an important consideration. The study was discussed in relation to the present status of attitude measurement in nutrition education research.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D008722:Methods; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires