TY - JFULL AU - Matthew J. Zagumny PY - 2018/8/ TI - Psychometric Examination of the QUEST-25: An Online Assessment of Intellectual Curiosity and Scientific Epistemology T2 - International Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences SP - 928 EP - 933 VL - 12 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10009259 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 139, 2018 N2 - The current study reports an examination of the QUEST-25 (Q-Assessment of Undergraduate Epistemology and Scientific Thinking) online version for assessing the dispositional attitudes toward scientific thinking and intellectual curiosity among undergraduate students. The QUEST-25 consists of scientific thinking (SIQ-25) and intellectual curiosity (ICIQ-25), which were correlated in hypothesized directions with the Religious Commitment Inventory, Curiosity and Exploration Inventory, Belief in Science scale, and measures of academic self-efficacy. Additionally, concurrent validity was established by the resulting significant differences between those identifying the centrality of religious belief in their lives and those who do not self-identify as being guided daily by religious beliefs. This study demonstrates the utility of the QUEST-25 for research, evaluation, and theory development. ER -