Psychometric Evaluation of the Cybersecurity Concept Inventory

Psychometric Evaluation of the Cybersecurity Concept Inventory

We present a psychometric evaluation of a revised version of the "Cybersecurity Concept Inventory" ("CCI"), completed by 354 students from 29 colleges and universities. The CCI is a conceptual test of understanding created to enable research on instruction quality in cybersecurit...

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Veröffentlicht in:ACM transactions on computing education 2022-03, Vol.22 (1), p.1-18
Hauptverfasser: Poulsen, Seth, Herman, Geoffrey L, Peterson, Peter A. H, Golaszewski, Enis, Gorti, Akshita, Oliva, Linda, Scheponik, Travis, Sherman, Alan T
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Sprache:eng
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Alignment (Education)
College Students
Computer Science Education
Computer Security
Introductory Courses
Knowledge Level
Measures (Individuals)
Psychometrics
Student Evaluation
Test Reliability
Test Validity
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Zusammenfassung:We present a psychometric evaluation of a revised version of the "Cybersecurity Concept Inventory" ("CCI"), completed by 354 students from 29 colleges and universities. The CCI is a conceptual test of understanding created to enable research on instruction quality in cybersecurity education. This work extends previous expert review and small-scale pilot testing of the CCI. Results show that the CCI aligns with a curriculum many instructors expect from an introductory cybersecurity course, and that it is a valid and reliable tool for assessing what conceptual cybersecurity knowledge students learned.
ISSN:1946-6226
1946-6226
DOI:10.1145/3451346