Psychometric Evaluation of the Cybersecurity Concept Inventory
Seth Poulsen, Geoffrey Herman, Peter A. Petérson, Enis Golaszewski, Akshita Gorti, Linda Oliva, Travis Scheponik, Alan T. Sherman
Abstract
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.
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Computer scienceCurriculumConcept inventoryQuality (philosophy)Computer securityScale (ratio)Work (physics)Test (biology)Knowledge managementEngineering managementMathematics educationPsychologyEngineeringPedagogyPaleontologyMechanical engineeringBiologyPhysicsQuantum mechanicsPhilosophyEpistemologyInformation and Cyber Security