Sodhi’s Attitude Scale (SAS)

AIM: To assess the attitude of the subject towards different areas.

INTRODUCTION:

Attitude is a general pre-disposition to respond to an object in either favorable or

unfavorable way. Attitude plays a central role in developing and maintaining
interpersonal relationships. Attitudes are important phenomena in the field of education.
It is one of the fundamental responsibilities of the educationists to develop positive
attitudes among students towards socially desirable goals.

Attitudes are commonly held to have three essential components or dimensions:

1. Affect dimension- It involves the emotional aspects of the attitude such as likes,
dislikes and feelings.

2. Behavioural dimension- It involves the extent to which an individual is prepared to act

on the attitude that he/she holds.

3. Cognitive dimension – it involves the beliefs and rationalization that explains the
shaping of attitude.

SAS was developed by T.S.Sodhi and it measures 5 different areas of attitudes. They
are:

 Attitude towards Teachers and parents

 Attitude towards discipline
 Attitude towards Life and Humanity
 Attitude towards Country
 Attitude towards Religion

SUBJECT:

Name:

Age:

Sex:

Grade:

Materials Required:
1. SAS manual

2. SAS booklet

3. SAS answer sheet

4. Pencil and eraser

PROCEDURE:

The subject is seated comfortably. The examiner explains the purpose of the test. The
following instructions are given to the subject: “There are 5 parts of this scale and you
will attempt all the 5 parts. In every item of the scale one statement is given and you can
have three kinds of feelings about each item. You may either agree with the statements
or disagree with it or may be indifferent to the opinion given in it i.e. neither in favour nor
against it or uncertain i.e., not sure of your opinion. In case you agree with the
statement, mark ‘Yes’ on the response sheet. If you disagree with the statement, mark
‘No’. If you are indifferent or uncertain, mark ‘?’. No item is to be left undone.

You may take your time. Generally, students complete all the scales within 45 minutes.
If for any reason you have to change your answer, you may cross the wrong answer
and encircle the correct one. Be honest in your answers. You are assured that your
responses will be kept confidential.”

SCORING:

Scoring is done manually. Table 2 is used as the scoring key. For each area only the
value of ‘Yes’ has been given as + or -, against each item.

If the value shown for the item is positive and (a) the student has marked ‘Yes’, he is
given +1 (b) if he has marked ‘No’ , he is given -1 (c) if he has marked ‘?’, he is given 0.

If the value shown for the item is negative and (a) the student has marked ‘Yes’, he is
given -1 (b) if he has marked ‘No’, he is given +1 (c) if he has marked ‘?’, he is given 0.

When you have scored one scale add the scores of items algebraically and that will be
the score of the individual. This each individual will get five separate scores on the five
scales.

The raw scores are used to obtain the percentile point and the percentile range gives
the Grade and Level of Attitude of the subject. Therefore, the Grade and Level of
Attitude in all 5 areas are noted.