FINANCIAL LITERACY: A STUDY USING THE APPLICATION OF ITEM RESPONSE THEORY/ ALFABETIZACAO FINANCEIRA: UM ESTUDO POR MEIO DA APLICACAO DA TEORIA DE RESPOSTA AO ITEM

• Published in: Administração (São Paulo) Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 147
• Main Authors: Nascimento, Joao Carlos Hipolito Bernardes Do, Macedo, Marcelo Alvaro Da Silva, De Siqueira, Jose Ricardo Maia, Bernardes, Juliana Reis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Associacao Nacional dos Cursos de Graduacao em Administracao - ANGRAD 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Educational facilities; Surveys

This study aimed to measure the level of financial literacy of Business Administration course students at a federal Higher Education Institution (HEI). To this end, a survey was conducted on 307 students. The Item Response Theory (IRT) was employed for data analysis and the findings support the conc...