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Development of Entrepreneurial Attitudes Assessment Instrument for Freshman Students

Year: 2015

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Development of Entrepreneurial Attitudes Assessment Instrument for First Year Engineering StudentsThis study presents a methodical assessment of validity evidence for the EAO instrument on student populations.The paper details the background of the instrument, entrepreneurship assessment in general, as well as techniques for psychometric validation.The method section details the modifications and specific approach undertaken for data collection.The results section details the analysis results from confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the study dataset.The paper concludes with a discussion of the study's results, the overall conclusions as to validity, and a discussion of the implications for future work on this instrument and population.Page 26.535.2

Source: ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

DOI: 10.18260/p.23874

Authors: Todd Fernandez, Genisson Coutinho, M. Wilson, Stephen Hoffmann

Institution: Purdue University West Lafayette

Language: English

Topic: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Purdue University, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior