Scoring the Young Children's Computer Inventory (5.14) Questionnaire
The Young Children's Computer Inventory (YCCI v. 5.14) is a 51-item, Likert-type self-report questionnaire. The YCCI is designed to measure attitudes (feelings toward a person, or thing) and prevailing attitudes (dispositions), rather than achievement. Students record their own perceptions of the extent to which they agree or disagree with each item, under the supervision of a teacher in the classroom environment,or a parent in the home. Up to seven separate indices can be produced by summing responses to related items. These seven include two kinds of attitudes toward computers: Computer Importance and Computer Enjoyment;Study Habits; Empathy; Motivation/Persistence; Creative Tendencies and School. The following sections describe how to score each subscale.
The seven subscales are Computer Importance (I); Computer Enjoyment (J); Study Habits (S); Empathy (E); Motivation/Persistence (M); Creative Tendencies (C); and School (SC). The items of the subscales are distributed among the first four parts of the YCCI (v. 5.14) as follows:
| Type of Subscale | Part | Question Numbers |
| Computer Importance (I) | 1 | 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11 |
| Computer Enjoyment (J) | 1 | 1, 2*, 4, 5, and 9 |
| Motivation/Persistence (M) | 2 | 2, 3, 7, 8, and 9 |
| Study Habits (S) | 2 | 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, and 11 |
| Empathy (E) | 3 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 |
| Creative Tendencies (C) | 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 |
| School (SC) | 3 | 10, 11*, 12 and 13* |
Step-by Step Scoring Procedures:
The recommended YCCI scoring procedure for the first four parts is to simply sum the numeric values of the responses for the related items to produce seven subscales scores. However, three items on the YCCI have negative wording and must be reversed before adding to the others. These items are Part 1- item 2, Part 3 - item 11, and Part 3 - item 13. One simple way is to use a colored pen to circle the reflected values of the numbers marked by the students for these 3 items. If the student circled 1, make it 3; if a student circled 3, make it 1. For example, Computer Enjoyment will be the sum of five items (1, 2, 4,5, and 9) in Part 1, with item 2 reversed before inclusion in the sum. To generate an average for each subscale, take the sum of the items and divide by the number of items.
If the researcher is using a statistical package, such as SPSS, then this guide to the variable numbering used in the "SPSS command application" shown below will be helpful. Even though the items for the seven subscales are distributed throughout the first four parts of the YCCI (v. 5.14), the variables are numbered sequentially, for data entry purposes. For example, the items in Part 1 are numbered 1 through 11, and also variable (VAR) 1 through 11. The items in Part 2 are also numbered 1 through 11; however, the variables (VAR) are 12 through 22. The variables for each subscale (Refer to Figure 1.) are as follows:
| Type of Subscale | Part | Variable Number |
| Computer Importance (I) | 1 | variables 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11 |
| Computer Enjoyment (J) | 1 | variables 1, 2, 4, 5, and 9 |
| Motivation/Persistence (M) | 2 | variables 13, 14, 18, 19, and 20 |
| Study Habits (S) | 2 | variables 12, 15, 16, 17, 21, and 22 |
| Empathy (E) | 3 | variables 23 through 31 |
| Creative Tendencies (C) | 4 | variables 32 through 44 |
| School (SC) | 3 | variables 64, 65, 66, and 67. |
1. Reverse the items negatively worded within each subscale
Three items in the YCCI subscales have negative wording. These items are Part 1- item 2, and Part 3 - items 11 and 13 (variables 2, 65, and 67).
To ensure that this alternate positioning does not skew scores, the scoring process must include reversal of items negatively worded.
SPSS command example:
compute varx = 4 – varx.
(where x is the variable that represents the item in the scale and where 4 is used for any 3-position scale)SPSS command application:
- compute var2 = 4 – var2.
- compute var65 = 4 – var65.
- compute var67 = 4 – var67.
missing values var2 var65 var67(4).2. Generate an average score for each subscale
For each subscale, add all responses and divide by the number of items.
SPSS command example:
compute J = (var1+var2+var3+…+varn)/n.
SPSS command application:
compute I = (var3+var6+var7+var8+var10+var11)/6.
compute J = (var1+var2+var4+var5+var9)/5.
compute M = (var13+var14+var18+var19+var20)/5.
compute S = (var12+var15+var16+var17+var21+var22)/6.
compute E = (var23+var24+var25+var26+var27+var28+var29+var30+var31)/9.
compute C = (var32+var33+var34+var35+var36+var37+var38+ var39+var40+var41+var42+var43+var44)/13.
compute SC = (var64+var65+var66+var67)/4.
This scale has three sub-sections to measure "preference for", "difficulty level of" and "learn most from" of 6 activity pairs. The respondent chooses between the two activities. Step-by-step procedures for scoring this scale are:
Step-by Step Scoring Procedures:
1. Generate an SPSS command
SPSS command application:
compute pread = 0.
If (var59 ge 1) pread=sum(pread,1).
IF (VAR62 eq 2) PREAD = sum(pread,1).
IF (VAR63 eq 1) PREAD = sum(pread, 1).
compute PWRITE = 0.
IF (VAR59 EQ 2) PWRITE = sum(PWRITE,1).
IF (VAR60 EQ 1) PWRITE = sum(PWRITE,1).
IF (VAR64 EQ 1) PWRITE = sum(PWRITE,1).
compute PTV = 0.
IF (VAR60 EQ 2) PTV = sum(PTV,1).
IF (VAR61 EQ 1) PTV = sum(PTV,1).
IF (VAR63 EQ 2) PTV = sum(PTV,1).
compute PCOMP = 0.
IF (VAR61 EQ 2) PCOMP = sum(PCOMP,1).
IF (VAR62 EQ 1) PCOMP = sum(PCOMP,1).
IF (VAR64 EQ 2) PCOMP = sum(PCOMP,1).
compute DREAD = 0.
IF (VAR65 EQ 1) DREAD = sum(DREAD,1).
IF (VAR68 EQ 2) DREAD = sum(DREAD,1).
IF (VAR69 EQ 1) DREAD = sum(DREAD,1).
compute DWRITE = 0.
IF (VAR65 EQ 2) DWRITE = sum(DWRITE,1).
IF (VAR66 EQ 1) DWRITE = sum(DWRITE,1).
IF (VAR70 EQ 1) DWRITE = sum(DWRITE,1).
compute DTV = 0.
IF (VAR66 EQ 2) DTV = sum(DTV,1).
IF (VAR67 EQ 1) DTV = sum(DTV,1).
IF (VAR69 EQ 2) DTV = sum(DTV,1).
compute DCOMP = 0.
IF (VAR67 EQ 2) DCOMP = sum(DCOMP,1).
IF (VAR68 EQ 1) DCOMP = sum(DCOMP,1).
IF (VAR70 EQ 2) DCOMP = sum(DCOMP,1).
compute LREAD = 0.
IF (VAR71 EQ 1) LREAD = sum(LREAD,1).
IF (VAR74 EQ 2) LREAD = sum(LREAD,1).
IF (VAR75 EQ 1) LREAD = sum(LREAD,1).
compute LWRITE = 0.
IF (VAR71 EQ 2) LWRITE =sum(LWRITE,1).
IF (VAR72 EQ 1) LWRITE =sum(LWRITE,1).
IF (VAR76 EQ 1) LWRITE =sum(LWRITE,1).
compute LTV = 0.
IF (VAR72 EQ 2) LTV = sum(LTV,1).
IF (VAR73 EQ 1) LTV = sum(LTV,1).
IF (VAR75 EQ 2) LTV = sum(LTV,1).
compute LCOMP = 0.
IF (VAR73 EQ 2) LCOMP = sum(LCOMP,1).
IF (VAR74 EQ 1) LCOMP = sum(LCOMP,1).
IF (VAR76 EQ 2) LCOMP = sum(LCOMP,1).
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