Description:
A 12-item self-report measure of a professional psychology doctoral student’s self-efficacy with respect to doing research. Contains items assessing self-efficacy with respect to research design skills, practical research skills, quantitative and computer skills, and writing skills. Items were derived from Phillips and Russell’s (1994) 33-item Self-Efficacy in Research Measure.
Reference:
Kahn, J. H., & Scott, N. A. (1997). Predictors of research productivity and science-related career goals among counseling psychology graduate students. The Counseling Psychologist, 25(1), 38–67. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000097251005
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The following items are tasks related to research. Please indicate your degree of confidence in your ability to successfully accomplish each of the following tasks on a scale of 0 – 9 with 0 representing no confidence and 9 representing total confidence.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No Confidence Total Confidence
1. Keeping records during a research project
2. Designing an experiment using traditional methods (e.g., experimental, quasi-experimental designs)
3. Writing the introduction and literature review for a dissertation
4. Writing the introduction and discussion sections for a research paper for publication
5. Formulating hypotheses
6. Writing the method and results sections of a thesis
7. Utilizing resources for needed help
8. Understanding computer printouts
9. Defending a thesis or dissertation
10. Using multivariate statistics (e.g., multiple regression, factor analysis, etc.)
11. Using statistical packages (e.g., SPSS-X, SAS, etc.)
12. Operationalizing variables of interest
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Scoring:
Sum all 12 items to attain a total score. There are no item reversals.