scholarly journals Aesthetic Perception Scale: Validity and Reliability Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (S2-Sep) ◽  
pp. 9-23
Author(s):  
Nuray Karaca ◽  
Abdulselami Sarıgül
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Methods ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Aesthetic Perception ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Screening Model ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Explanatory Factor Analysis

The aim of this study is to build a measurement tool to survey the aesthetical development of the social network “Instagram” on women and to define its psychometrical qualities. The research is a descriptive and quantitative study designed with a screening model. This Aesthetic Perception Scale is based on a proper literature survey and expert opinions. Purposive and criterion sampling methods were used while determining the sampling of the study.716 women studying in the cities of Ağrı, Erzurum, İstanbul and İzmir were involved in the study. The data were collected via scale, which was developed by the researcher. Explanatory factor analysis was conducted within the research in order to present proves for the findings of the measurement tool. A scale of three factors and 36 items was developed at the end of the research. In order to present proof for the reliability of the data collected by the scale; Cronbach Alpha (α) reliability co-efficients were calculated. As a result, it is found that the scale is a valid and reliable tool of measurement in its field. Therefore; this respective measurement tool is recommended to be used while defining the aesthetical perceptions of women.

scholarly journals Examining virtual identity profiles of social network users with respect to certain variables

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-464
Author(s):  
Esra Barut Tuğtekin ◽  
Özcan Özgür Dursun
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Identity Management ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Total Variance ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
The Social

In the present study, a measurement tool was developed to determine the virtual identities of social network users, and the virtual identities of these social network users were examined with respect to gender, time spent on social networks, number of their social network profiles and visibility using the relational survey model. The study was carried out with a total of 671 social network users, 252 females and 419 males. The research data were collected using the Social Network Identity Management Scale developed within the scope of the study. The five-point Likert-type scale made up of four factors and 23 items was found to explain 55.29 % of the total variance (Cronbach Alpha =.93). At the end of the research process, a 23-item Social Network Identity Management Scale’s validity and reliability were confirmed. The finding obtained in the study demonstrated that the virtual identities of the users with more than one profile differed within the context of such sub-dimensions of the scale as liking and privacy. In addition, it was found that the changes in the virtual identities increased depending on the time spent on social networks.

scholarly journals A Validity and Reliability Study of the Basic Electronics Skills Self-Efficacy Scale (BESS)

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Özgen Korkmaz ◽  
Makbule Kübra Korkmaz
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Sample Group ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
High Level

The aim of this study is to improve a measurement tool to evaluate the self-efficacy of Electrical-Electronics Engineering students through their basic electronics skills. The sample group is composed of 124 Electrical-Electronics engineering students. The validity of the scale is analyzed with two different methods through factor analysis and distinctiveness. To evaluate the how much each item that exists in the scale can measure the factor they belong to, item total factor correlations and corrected correlations are calculated on the data. According to the acquired values, each item and each factor in the scale are found to serve to the run-of the scale and the aim of scaling the desired facility, in a meaningful level. Moreover, analyzing the t value related to the differences between the groups of top 27% and bottom 27%, the item distinctiveness’s are researched and it is detected that the distinctiveness of both of the run-of the scale and each one of the items is high level; in other words, it is detected that each item is distinctive in the desired level. The internal consistency coefficients of the scale is calculated using two congruent halves correlations, Cronbach Alpha, Sperman-Brown formula and Guttmann split-half reliability formula. Consequently, it is concluded that the scale is a reliable and valid scale and this scale can be used to determine the basic electronics skills of the Electrical-Electronics Engineering students through their self-perceptions.

scholarly journals Developing Scale for Determining the Social Participation Skills for Children and Analyzing Its Psychometric Characteristics

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Osman Samanci ◽  
Ebru Ocakci ◽  
Ismail Secer
Keyword(s):  
Social Participation ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The purpose of this research is to conduct validity and reliability studies of the Scale for the Determining Social Participation for Children, developed to measure social participation skills of children aged 7-10 years. During the development of the scale, pilot schemes, validity analyzes, and reliability analyzes were conducted. In this context, the research was carried out with a total of 472 elementary school students in the ages of 7-10 years using the descriptive survey model. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed to examine the factor structure of the scale and it was determined that the scale had a structure consisting of 16 items and one dimension and that this model had a good level of model fit. In order to examine the reliability of the scale, internal consistency and split-half reliability analyzes were performed and it was found that the scale had sufficient reliability. It can be said that the Scale for the Determining Social Participation for Children is a reliable and valid measurement tool that can be used to measure the social participation skills of students aged 7-10 years.

scholarly journals Adaptation of Online Privacy Concern Scale into Turkish culture

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-636
Author(s):  
Turgay Alakurt
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Online Privacy ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Privacy Concern ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Turkish Culture ◽  
Three Factor

The purpose of this study was to adapt "Online Privacy Concern Scale" developed by Buchanan, Paine, Joinson and Reips (2007) to Turkish culture. The original version of the scale was composed of 16 items gathered under a one-factor structure. During the translation process, expert opinions were taken for the language validity. The scale was pre-administered to 40 participants to pursue linguistic equality. To determine the validity and reliability evidence of the scale, it was administered to two separate groups consisting of adult Internet users. In order to examine and confirm the scale structure, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA and CFA) were conducted. After eliminating two items, EFA showed that the scale had a three-factor structure (email usage, online trust and online payment) in Turkish culture. The Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency of the whole scale was .89. In addition, CFA verified the three-factor solution. The results of the current study confirmed that the Turkish version of the scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for the assessment of online privacy concern of adult Internet users.

scholarly journals Social Networking Literacy Scale: A Study of Validity and Reliability

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-107
Author(s):  
Zeliha DEMİR KAYMAK ◽  
Özlem CANAN GÜNGÖREN ◽  
Özcan Erkan AKGÜN ◽  
Mübin KIYICI
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Application Form ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
The Social ◽  
Efficient Measurement ◽  
Faculty Of Education

The concept of social networking literacy emerged with the advent of Web 2.0. This study aims to develop a scale to measure the social networking literacy proficiencies of individuals. An item pool was created after a thorough review of the literature and taking experts views, and then application form prepared. The scale was applied to students of the Faculty of Education of Sakarya University, and reliability and validity analyses were conducted on the data gathered from 313 students, using the SPSS 20 statistical software. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to examine the construct validity of the scale, and the internal consistency coefficient (Cronbach’s Alpha) was used to examine the reliability of the scale. The analyses conducted showed that the scale consisted of 40 items under a single factor which explained 61.179% of the total variance, and the Cronbach’s Alpha value calculated to examine the reliability of the scale was .98. In conclusion, analyses conducted to examine the reliability and the validity of the Social Networking Literacy Scale (SNLS) show that it is an efficient measurement tool to assess social networking literacy levels of the individuals.

The Turkish Adaptation of the Diabetes Fatalism Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study

2021 ◽  
pp. JNM-D-21-00032
Author(s):  
Emine Kaplan Serin ◽  
Seyhan Çitlik Saritaş
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Turkish Population ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Explanatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Background and PurposeThis study was carried out as a validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Diabetes Fatalism Scale (DFS) and to investigate its psychometric properties in the Turkish society with type 2 diabetes patients.MethodsExploratory factor analysis was conducted to assess the scale’s factor structure. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to validate the “best fit” model.ResultsThe explanatory factor analysis and CFA results confirmed the three-factor structure of the scale. The Cronbach’s α, item-total correlation and test—retest analyses showed high reliability.ConclusionsThe results showed that DFS is a valid and reliable tool for evaluating fatalism in diabetic patients from a Turkish population.

scholarly journals Development of Foreign Language Lesson Satisfaction Scale (FLSS): Validity and Reliability Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan Tasgin ◽  
Murat Korucuk
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Expert Opinions

In this research it is aimed to develop an instrument that could be used to measure university students' satisfactionwith foreign language lessons in a valid and reliable manner. The research was conducted on three separate studygroups consisting of 460 students in the spring semester of the 2017-2018 academic year. In the research, firstly, anexpert opinion was applied for the content and face validity of the scale prepared in accordance with literature review,student and expert opinions. In the final form, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis(CFA) were applied. The EFA yielded a construct that consisted of 28 items and three factors that explained the59.97% of the total variance. These factors were named as follows: the Curriculum, Teaching Staff and PhysicalConditions. CFA was performed in the final application phase and the fit indexes were determined to be acceptable.For the criterion validity, the correlations of the factors with the total points of the scale were calculated and a highlevel of meaningful correlation was observed between these values. Internal consistency and split half test values forthe whole scale show that the scale is highly reliable. Based on these findings, it can be said that this scale is a validand reliable measurement tool for university students to measure their satisfaction with foreign language lessons.

scholarly journals The Turkish adaptation of leisure facilitator scale: a validity and reliability study

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-69
Author(s):  
B. Gürbüz ◽  
E. Öncü ◽  
E. Emir
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Factor Loading ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Turkish Version ◽  
Reliable Measurement ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Turkish University Students

Purpose: The aim of this study to test the reliability and validity of “Leisure Facilitator Scale” (LFS) for Turkish university students. Material: The sample included 111 female and 132 male, and totally 243 faculty of sport sciences’ students for this study. The LFS which was consists of 3 subscales and 27 items was used to collect data. Besides descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis was applied to test the factor structure of LFS. Pearson’s product-moment coefficients were used to examine correlations between the factors. For determining the reliability of the scale Cronbach Alpha coefficient was calculated. Results: Analysis indicated that the Turkish version of the LFS constituted of 3 subscales and 16 items. Totally 11 items were excluded from the Turkish version because of lower factor loadings. Factor loading values of the items ranged between 0.49 and 0.76. Cronbach Alpha values were calculated as 0.79, 0.66, 0.78 and 0.86 for the subscales and total scale respectively. Conclusions: In conclusion, results indicated that “Leisure Facilitator Scale” Turkish adapted form can be used as a valid and reliable measurement tool to examine the factors that facilitate leisurely participation of students.

VACCINE HESITANCY SCALE IN PANDEMICS: TURKISH VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 40-45
Author(s):  
Haşim ÇAPAR ◽  
Fadime ÇINAR
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Explanatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Turkish People

Objective: The aim of this study is to make the Turkish validity and reliability of the vaccine hesitation scale to be used in combating experienced or possible pandemics in the future. Methods: It is a methodological study in which the Turkish validity and reliability of the "Vaccine Hesitancy Scale" developed by Larson et al. (2015) was modified for pandemics. Explanatory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were conducted with the data collected from 617 volunteers for construct validity. Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient and language and construct validity were performed for reliability and validity. Results: As a result of EFA and CFA, the 10-item "Vaccine Hesitancy Scale in Pandemics" showed a two-factor structure. The two-factor structure explains 68.53% of the total variance. Factor loadings related to the items of the scale vary between 0.638 and 0.887. Confirmation of EFA results with CFA results was found to provide construct validity. It was observed that the reliability criterion was met by determining the Cronbach Alpha Coefficient as 0.901. Conclusion: It is thought that the "Vaccine Hesitancy Scale in Pandemics", which has been conducted with the data obtained from people with different socio-demographic characteristics of the Turkish people, can be a reference that can be used by researchers as a valid and reliable measurement tool.

Development of Teacher Academic Optimism Scale: The validity and reliability study

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-90
Author(s):  
Yusuf Ergen ◽  
Cevat Elma
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Academic Optimism ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Explanatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

The study aims to develop a valid and reliable academic optimism scale that can be used to determine teachers’ academic optimism levels. The study was conducted through a total number of 404 primary school teachers who worked in the central districts of Malatya Province during 2014-2015 academic year. The content validity and face validity of the scale were determined via expert recommendations. An explanatory factor analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to determine the construct validity of the scale. After the expert opinions, 80 items reduced to 64 and the data was collected by the use of these 64 items. An exploratory factor analysis revealed 5 factors reducing 64 items in to 33 and explaining 58.56% of the total variation in the data. The five-factor model obtained through an explanatory factor analysis after removal of one item as a result of the confirmatory factor analysis was observed to be highly consistent. Different from previous related research, the result showed that a new dimension as “Maneger Trust” emerged as a part of “Teacher Academic Optimism Scale”. And finally this scale could be used as a valid and reliable instrument in the future studies.

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