Abstract
The University of Alberta ECE department offers a computer security course for 4-year Computer Engineering students. In order to focus our teaching efforts, we wish to measure the student’s previous experience with computer security. However, we discovered that there are no appropriate “computer experience” scales in the literature. Thus an instrument is required that is capable of detecting differences in skill level among our students. We have developed just such an instrument, and piloted it in Fall 2009. Exploratory factor analysis of the pilot study indicates that a two-factor model fits this data best; we interpret the factors as representing the constructs “work experience” and “previous training.” Our methodology should be appropriate for other 4-year computer science courses.
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