Abstract:
The current study aims at detecting the psychometric indicators of
Papanstasiou’s (2005) Attitude toward Scientific Research Scale to identify the
mindsets of Arabian Gulf University graduate students in terms of scientific
research, and to detect the differences based on the research variables. To
achieve the goals of the study, the scale is implemented on a random sample
of fifty-four male and female AGU students during the academic year of
2015-2016. The results reveal that the scale is valid and reliable in measuring
the students’ attitudes of scientific research. In addition, the results indicate
that the majority of the students generally have highly positive attitudes
of scientific research. The results also show that there are no statistically
significant differences in the attitudes of students towards scientific research
on the total score of the scale in terms of gender and university certificate
stream, level of education )PhD & MA(, and the type of the program. The
study recommends conducting further studies on different samples of graduate
students from various cultures and different majors.