The 1990 McCall, Belli, and Madjidi Statistics Altitude Scale was administered to 50 postgraduate students in education at the University of the North, Lebowa, South Africa at the end of a course on educational research methods. The estimate of internal consistency was .92. Analysis supported the 1992 findings of Glencross and Cherian obtained elsewhere in South Africa.
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