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The purpose of this study was to devise an “Attitude towards Research” scale. The scale was constructed according to Graded Response Model (GRM). To achieve this goal, a scale of (31) items was constructed. Both (SPSS) and (MULTILOG7) programs were used in the analysis of the scale data. The scale was applied during the first semester of the academic year 2013-2014 to a sample of (432) of educational high diploma students from Umm Al Qura University. Item Parameters, standard error of parameters estimation, and the statistics of items matching graded response model were calculated. The scale final version consisted of (17) items distributed on four dimensions (research attention, research difficulties, research importance and feelings towards research). (Published Abstract)