摘要：This paper reports on a research done to study the attitudes of university applicants in Iran-Ardabil toward distance education. The sample of study consisted of university applicants for the 2009-2010 academic year. Using cluster sampling, 408 students (152 male and 256 female students) were selected based on Krejcie- Morgan table and taken into account the adequacy of the sample. The method of study was a survey study. The attitude questionnaire made up of 36 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale was used to collect data. The questionnaire included emotional, cognitive, and tendency to act subdivisions. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated using internal consistency. The reliability of the questionnaire was α =.86. Findings (t (407) =−21.14, p <.01) showed that the total mean of attitudes of students (97.3) is significantly lower than the conceptual mean (108).
关键词：attitude;distance education;Payame Noor University
