The major purpose of this exploratory study was to develop a profile of educators within the Home Economics' discipline who are receptive to technological innovation in respect to selected demographic characteristics, previous technological experiences, and computer attitudes. A self-administered questionnaire was designed by the researcher. Section one requested information pertaining to the educators' race, age, marital status, household income, degree preparation, and present employment status. Section two asked for information about the respondents' knowledge and experience with technical products and services, and section three was a 30-Item Computer Attitude Scale developed by Loyd and Gressard. / A convenience sample of 237 educators, members of AHEA attending the 76th annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were administered the questionnaire. Data from 218 female educators were obtained and analyzed. A post hoc appraisal was conducted to determine how similar or dissimilar the sample was from the general 1979 AHEA membership survey population. / Descriptive statistics, including chi-square analysis, were used to reveal the overall characteristics of the sample. Pearson Product Moment Correlations identified the associations existing between innovation adopters and non-adopters and the users of home computers. / Results revealed no significant differences in age or educational attainment between the computer innovation adopters and non-adopters. Significant differences were found between the adopters who had incomes of $30,000 or more and the non-adopters whose incomes were less than \$30,000. There were also significant differences in marital status with more adopters than non-adopters married. A greater percentage of adopters than non-adopters used nine of the ten technical product/service items. Non-adopters were greater users of video games. There were no identifiable differences in the computer attitude of adopters or non-adopters; both groups had favorable attitudes toward the computer. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-08, Section: A, page: 2128. / Major Professor: Carol E. Avery. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77823 |
| Contributors | Hicks-Evans, Constantine E., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 153 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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