Astin, Alexander W. "Two Approaches to Measuring Students' Perceptions of Their College Environment" JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT PERSONNEL, 12. May 1971. (EJ037823)

The findings suggest that highly reliable estimates of environmental characteristics can be obtained with scales comprising only a few items. Thus it seems that subject time and expense could be greatly saved if future studies of college environmental characteristics utilize factorially derived scales based on small numbers of items. (Author)