scholarly journals Pengetahuan dengan Kesediaan Pelajar Program Pendidikan terhadap Kursus Keusahawanan di Universiti Utara Malaysia

Sains Insani ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
Norazlinda Saad ◽  
Surendran Sankaran
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Cronbach Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Student Readiness ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Entrepreneurial Knowledge ◽  
Universiti Utara Malaysia

Pelan Tindakan Keusahawanan IPT 2021-2025 dan Panduan Pendidikan Keusahawanan Bersepadu IPT (EIE) merupakan satu naratif baharu kepada program pembangunan keusahawanan di IPT. Kerangka strategi yang dibangunkan memberi fokus kepada pembentukan ekosistem keusahawanan yang bersinergi antara keusahawanan, akademik, industri, kerajaan dan komuniti dalam landskap sistem pendidikan tinggi negara. Justeru, amat penting kepada para pelajar di IPT didedahkan kepada ilmu pengetahuan, kemahiran dan nilai tambah dalam bidang keusahawanan dan anjakan minda daripada job seeker kepada job creator. Dengan itu, institusi pendidikan sebagai pusat pembangunan keusahawanan perlu memainkan peranan yang besar dalam memupuk persekitaran keusahawanan. Oleh itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti hubungan antara Pengetahuan Keusahawanan dengan Kesediaan Pelajar program Pendidikan terhadap Kursus Keusahawanan. Pendekatan kajian kuantitatif dalam kajian ini adalah berbentuk korelasi. Populasi kajian ini adalah 148 orang pelajar Sarjana Muda Pendidikan di Universiti Utara Malaysia. Teknik persampelan bertujuan digunakan untuk memilih sampel kajian. Kajian ini menggunakan borang soal selidik yang diadaptasi dari kajian-kajian lepas. Instrumen Pengetahuan Keusahawanan mempunyai nilai pekali Cronbach alpha 0.89 dan instrumen Kesediaan Pelajar program Pendidikan terhadap Kursus Keusahawanan mempunyai nilai pekali Cronbach alpha 0.91. Data yang dikumpul dianalisis dengan menggunakan statistik deskriptif, ujian-t sampel bebas dan korelasi. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan terdapat perbezaan signifikan Kesediaan Pelajar Program Pendidikan terhadap Kursus Keusahawanan antara pelajar lelaki dan pelajar perempuan. Dapatan kajian juga menunjukkan terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara Pengetahuan Keusahawanan dengan Kesediaan Pelajar program Pendidikan terhadap Kursus Keusahawanan. Dapatan kajian ini menjelaskan bahawa pihak universiti perlu mengadakan pelbagai aktiviti keusahawanan supaya dapat meningkatkan Kesediaan Pelajar terhadap Kursus Keusahawanan.   The Higher Education Institution (HEI) Entrepreneurship Action Plan 2021-2025 will focus on forming a synergistic and holistic entrepreneurial ecosystem, create high impact entrepreneurship involving various strategic parties and emphasize on innovation and technology-based entrepreneurship. Therefore, it is very important to ensure that students can be exposed to knowledge, skills and added value in the field of entrepreneurship and shift of mind from job seeker to job creator. Educational institutions as centers of entrepreneurial development need to play a major role in fostering an entrepreneurial environment. This study aims to identify the relationship between Entrepreneurial Knowledge and Education Student Readiness towards Entrepreneurship Courses. The quantitative research approach in this study is using correlational study. The population of this study is 148 Bachelor of Education students at Universiti Utara Malaysia. Purposive Sampling technique is used to select sample of the study. This study uses a questionnaire adapted from previous studies. The Entrepreneurship Knowledge Instrument has a Cronbach alpha coefficient value of 0.89 and the Education Student Readiness towards Entrepreneurship Courses has a Cronbach alpha coefficient value of 0.91. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent sample t-tests and correlations. The findings of the study show that there is a significant difference in Education Student Readiness towards Entrepreneurship Courses between male and female students. The findings of the study also show that there is a significant relationship between Entrepreneurial Knowledge and Education Student Readiness towards Entrepreneurship Courses. The findings of this study explain that the university needs to hold various entrepreneurship activities to increase the Student Readiness towards Entrepreneurship Courses.

scholarly journals Validation of the Brazilian version of the Attentional Function Index

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 604-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Klava dos Reis Dutra ◽  
Edinêis de Brito Guirardello
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Cronbach Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Language Version ◽  
Attentional Function ◽  
Function Index ◽  
Brazilian Version

OBJECTIVES: To assess the reliability and validity of the Brazilian version of the Attentional Function Index. METHOD: Methodological study. The sample was made up of 138 students from an undergraduate nursing course. The psychometric properties were assessed through the convergent construct validity, using the Brazilian version of the Attentional Function Index and the Portuguese-language version of the Profile of Mood States instrument, while the reliability was measured by its internal consistency, expressed by the Cronbach Alpha Coefficient. RESULTS: The Cronbach Alpha Coefficient was 0.86 for the total score, and varied from 0.64 to 0.86 in the three subscales. A strong significant negative correlation (r=-0.64; p<0.0001) was obtained for the convergent validity. CONCLUSION: The Brazilian version of the Attentional Function Index resulted in satisfactory levels of validity and reliability, demonstrating its viability for use in practice and in undertaking further research.

scholarly journals Reliability and validity evaluation of the chinese version of the ethical sensitivity questionnaire for nursing students

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haitao Yu ◽  
Tong Tong ◽  
Ye Gao ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Huijuan Tong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Ethical Sensitivity ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Cronbach Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Total Correlation

Abstract Background Advances in technology and the expansion of nursing roles have led to complex ethical issues in nursing. Nursing students are the future clinical nursing workers and practitioners. The ethical sensitivity of nursing students is very important to the professional development of nursing students, which can strengthen the ethical cognition of nursing students, improve the ethical decision-making ability of nursing students, and is beneficial to the development of nursing students in the process of clinical practice and nursing education. However, there are no instruments to evaluate the ethical sensitivity of nursing students in China. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Ethical Sensitivity Questionnaire for Nursing Students (ESQ-NS). Methods After obtaining the authorization of the author of the original scale, the study used the Brislin back-translation method for translation. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed to examine the underlying factor structure of the translated questionnaire. The Cronbach alpha coefficient, the test-retest reliability, and the corrected item-total correlation were calculated to verify the internal consistency of the scale. Results The Chinese version of ESQ-NS retained 13 items. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) extracts four common factors, and the cumulative variance contribution rate is 62.479%. The CFA reached the adaptive standard, and the discriminant validity of the scale was good. The Cronbach alpha coefficient of this scale was 0.821, and 4 dimensions were between 0.708 and 0.738. The results of the test-retest showed that Pearson’s correlation coefficient of the overall ESQ-NS was 0.814. Corrected item-total correlation ranged from 0.337 to 0.542. Conclusions The Chinese version of the ESQ-NS has good reliability and validity, which can be used to evaluate the level of ethical sensitivity of nursing students in China.

scholarly journals The development and validation of the communicating-for-change questionnaire

2002 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. H. Coetzee ◽  
L. Fourie ◽  
G. Roodt
Keyword(s):  
Item Analysis ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Response Scale ◽  
Question Format ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Cronbach Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Single Scale ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Type Response

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire that measures the effectiveness of communication during organisational change interventions. A draft questionnaire was completed by a sample of convenience comprising 521 participants. The questionnaire contained 109 items in question format with a Likert-type response scale anchored at the extreme ends. The data was factor analysed and an iterative item analysis was executed. The results yielded a single scale with a Cronbach Alpha coefficient of 0,99. It is concluded, therefore, that the conceptualised domain of “communicating-for-change"? could be measured successfully through the use of the instrument developed in this study. Opsomming Die doel van hierdie studie was die ontwikkeling en validering van ‘n vraelys wat die doeltreffendheid van kommunikasie tydens organisatoriese veranderingsintervensies meet. ‘n Konsepvraelys is op ‘n geleentheidsteekproef van 521 deelnemers afgeneem. Die vraelys het bestaan uit 109 items in vraagformaat met ‘n Likert-tipe responsskaal wat by die ekstreme pole geanker is. Die data is gefaktoranaliseer en ‘n iteratiewe itemontleding is uitgevoer. Die resultate het ‘n enkele skaal met ‘n Cronbach Alfa koëffisient van 0,99 opgelewer. Daar is derhalwe aanvaar dat die gekonseptualiseerde domein van “kommunikasie-vir-verandering” suksesvol met die instrument wat in die studie ontwikkel is, gemeet kon word.

RELIABILITY OF THE DAID SMART SHIRT FOR SHOULDER GIRDLE MOTION ASSESSMENT IN HIGH STRING PLAYERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 268
Author(s):  
Guna Semjonova ◽  
Janis Vetra ◽  
Aleksandrs Okss ◽  
Aleksejs Katashevs ◽  
Vinita Cauce
Keyword(s):  
Shoulder Girdle ◽  
The Body ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Motor Tasks ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Cronbach Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Smart Textile ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Motion Assessment

Smart garment system is efficient for upper body movement monitoring during simple tasks. There is a lack of literature on smart textile garments being reliable for shoulder girdle motion assessment in advanced motor tasks such as high string performance. The aim of the article was to examine the reliability of the DAid Smart Shirt for Shoulder Girdle Motion Assessment during advanced motor tasks such as high string performance. Methods: 14 volunteer violinists aged 18.6 (SD 2.1) with a body mass index 20.05 (SD 2.3) were recruited. The violinists performed a legato bowing task. The DAid smart shirt worked as the assessment tool: a compression garment with textile strain sensors sewn onto it. Cronbach alpha coefficient, Interclass Correlation Coefficient were calculated to assess the within-session test-retest reliability. Results: An excellent and good result test-retest reliability was assessed in 57% of the violinists, for other 43%, the ICC and Cronbach alpha coefficient was less than 0.59. Conclusion: the DAid Smart shirt is reliable for shoulder girdle motion assessment during high string performance. The smart textile garment should be customized and suitable for the body in order to assess shoulder girdle motion during high level or advanced activities such as high string performance. 

Psychometric Properties of Snyder's Self-Monitoring of Expressive Behavior Scale

1986 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 495-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. S. Ahmed ◽  
Rashmi Garg ◽  
Gani Braimoh
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Expressive Behavior ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Cronbach Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Behavior Scale

Responses of 228 subjects were factor analyzed. The analyses identified three independent factors. Analyses of variance, Cronbach alpha coefficient, and K-R-20 formula for estimation of reliability show the scale to be reliable and homogeneous. Domain sampling method for the estimation of reliability is very low for the full scale and moderate for the three independent scales. Item analyses and criteria validity are also reported. Taking gain in income as a criterion of success, the criterion validity of the scale is zero.

scholarly journals Early Maladaptive Schemas and Academic Procrastination in Students: The Mediating Role of Perfectionism

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Mohammad Setayeshi Azhari
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Early Maladaptive Schemas ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
Maladaptive Schemas ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Cronbach Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Mediating Role

Studies indicate that many students engage in procrastination, thus in this study the aim was to examine the structural relationship of early maladaptive schemas and academic procrastination with the mediating role of the perfectionism in students. The participants included 281 high school students (143 male, 138 female) that were chose by multistage cluster sampling method. Solomon and Rothblum’s academic procrastination scale with the Cronbach alpha coefficient 0.81 and Young early maladaptive schema questionnaire with the Cronbach alpha coefficient 0.93, and Positive and Negative Perfectionism questionnaire with the Cronbach alpha coefficient 0.86 were administered. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Sobel tests were conducted to explore direct and indirect pathways of study’s model respectively. Results showed that early maladaptive schemas and academic procrastination are antecedents and consequences of perfectionism in students respectively. The results indicated that perfectionism has a significant mediating role on the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and academic procrastination. The findings of this study could help school counselors, education psychologist, and teachers to reduce student’s procrastination and academic problems.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of a Competency Self-Assessment Tool for The Nurse Interns

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Nema F. Saad ◽  
Hanaa M. Abd Rabou
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Intraclass Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Cronbach Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Internship Programs

Contents: Nurse Interns need more attention to their self-confidence and self-assessment abilities. Self-assessment is an essential approach for testing their knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Aim: This study aimed to develop a competency self-assessment tool for nurse interns and test its validity and reliability. Methods: Methodological study for the development of a tool. The study was carried out at Ain-Shams University Hospitals on all 89-nurse interns in the internship year, and a jury group of 21 faculty members and 21 nurse managers for validation. The researchers developed a preliminary self-assessment tool with six selected nursing core competencies presented to the jury group for validation. Results: The finalized tool had a very high total face CVI-S (0.99). The CVI-S ranged between 0.94 for environmental safety and hazardous materials safety and 1.00 for the content validity's attitude scale. The total scale had a CVI-S as high as 0.98. The tool had excellent overall reliability with a Cronbach alpha coefficient as high as 0.901 and an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.888. The attitude scale also had excellent reliability with a Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.965 and an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.964.  In the application of the tool, 95.5% of the nurse interns considered their competencies adequate. In terms of grades, only 32.6% and 10.1% considered themselves having very good and excellent competencies, respectively, and 70.8% had a positive attitude toward self-assessment. Conclusion: A valid and reliable competency self-assessment tool was developed for nurse interns; it can be applied in various nursing internship programs. It could be used by the administrators of the internship programs to identify the individual learning and training needs of nurse interns. Further studies are proposed to evaluate the utility of the tool in evaluating and improving these programs. 

scholarly journals Las fuentes de financiamiento en las microempresas de puebla, México. The founding sources in SME’s of Puebla, Mexico

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Alfredo Pérez Paredes ◽  
Amado Torralba Flores ◽  
José Aurelio Cruz de los Ángeles ◽  
Itzel De los Ángeles Martínez Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Cronbach Alpha Coefficient ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sobre Todo ◽  
Micro Enterprises

<p><strong>Resumen:</strong></p><p>El presente artículo tiene como propósito indagar cuáles son las características del financiamiento en las microempresas del municipio de Puebla, con el fin de generar un diagnóstico que produzca conocimiento sobre el tema de financiamiento en este tipo de empresas. Esto debido a que una de las limitantes son los recursos financieros que constituyen un aspecto importante en el funcionamiento de las organizaciones, sobre todo en las micro empresas que representan el 95,5% del total de los establecimientos de México, según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). El trabajo se encuentra estructurado en dos partes, la primera aborda el análisis teórico de la situación actual de las empresas y algunas teorías financieras, en la segunda parte se describe la metodología de investigación, que consistió en determinar las características de los empresarios a encuestar, se determinó la muestra con una fórmula, se realizó un análisis de los resultados obtenidos de la aplicación de un instrumento que fue validado con el coeficiente de Alfa de Cronbach. Se finaliza el artículo presentando las conclusiones del trabajo de investigación en donde se cumple con el objetivo de presentar las características más relevantes del tema, y se proponen algunas recomendaciones.</p><p><strong>Abstract:</strong></p><p>This paper aims to investigate the characteristics of micro financing in the municipality of Puebla, in order to make a diagnosis that can generate knowledge on the subject of financing this kind of business. The financial resources represent an important aspect of the functioning of organizations, especially for the micro-enterprises, which are the 95.5% of all establishments in Mexico, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).</p>The article is structured in two parts: the first one presents the theoretical analysis of the current situation of companies and some financial theories. In the second part, the research methodology is described to determine the features of the entrepreneurs surveyed; the sample is determined with a formula, and the results are analyzed with the application of an instrument which was validated with the Cronbach alpha coefficient. Finally, in the conclusion are listed the most relevant characteristics of the micro-enterprises, and some recommendations are included.

scholarly journals The Reflection of the Consumers’ Spiritual Perspective to the Materialism: A Case from Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Süreyya Karsu ◽  
Dilşad Çoknaz ◽  
Meftune Özbakır Umut
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Significant Relation ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Cronbach Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Spiritual Well Being

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of spiritual well-being on materialism, to contribute the marketing literature and to create awareness to marketing practitioners in developing marketing strategies. The research was conducted on 1243 people 18 and upper age, living in Turkey. Data was collected by online survey in 2018. Data tool has two dimensions; the first scale which includes three sub-dimensions (transcendence, harmony with nature and anomie) was used to measure spiritual well-being -scale's validity and reliability were done by Ekşi and Kardaş (2017)-. And the second scale was used to measure materialism -scale's validity and reliability was done by Richins (2004) and the Turkish translation was done by Tiltay (2014)-. The first dimension which measures the spiritual well-being (29 expressions) total Cronbach alpha coefficient is 0,890. The second dimension which measures the materialism (6 expressions) total Cronbach alpha coefficient is 0,767. The results indicate that the spiritual well-being explain the materialistic attitudes significantly but at a low level. Transcendence and Anomie, which are the sub-dimensions of spiritual well-being, have positive relations -not negative- with materialistic attitudes opposite to expectations is another result of study. Especially the anomie is found as the most powerful sub-dimension that explains materialistic attitudes. Harmony with nature, another sub-dimension of spiritual well-being, is found to have no significant relation with materialistic attitudes.

Translation and Validation of the Comprehensive Score of Financial Toxicity for Cancer Patients Into Arabic

2021 ◽  
pp. JNM-D-20-00140
Author(s):  
Nesrine Mejri ◽  
Haifa Rachdi ◽  
Ahmed Mnif ◽  
Yosra Berrazega ◽  
Houda El Benna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Financial Toxicity ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Cronbach Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Comprehensive Score

Background and PurposeWe aimed to translate the Comprehensive Score of Financial Toxicity (COST) questionnaire into Arabic and to evaluate its reliability and validity.MethodsWe applied the four-step translation method and conducted a pilot validation study over 179 medical oncology patients. Reliability was tested using the Cronbach alpha coefficient and test–retest stability. Validity was tested using the correlation with Functional assessment of Cancer Therapy-General score (FACT-G), factorial analysis and the content validity index.ResultsQuestionnaire showed high internal consistency and test retest reliability; Cronbach alpha coefficient was 0.77 and Pearson stability coefficient was 0.8. Convergent validity evaluation showed a statistically significant moderate correlation with the FACT-G (r = .42, p = .047). Content validly index was 0.93.ConclusionsThe Arabic version of COST questionnaire, was a valid and reliable tool that could be used in clinical practice by healthcare providers to evaluate financial toxicity in Arab speaking cancer patients.

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