scholarly journals Developing and Validating an Organizational Forgiveness Measure: An Exploratory Factor Analysis Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Parizad Khezri
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Willingness To Forgive

The purpose of this validation study was to develop and validate an organizational forgiveness measure. Convenient sampling was employed to recruit 148 participants from among the staff of Iran Rehabilitation Organization. A Likert scale questionnaire consisting of 21 statements on five subscales, namely, ‘emotional composure’, ‘empathy with the perpetrator’, ‘rebuilding the broken relationship’, ‘willingness to forgive’, ‘satisfaction from forgiving’, and ‘better understanding’ was developed by the researcher. The questionnaire was completed by the participants after they were instructed as to how to do it. Exploratory factor analysis was used to validate the questionnaire. The results showed that the questionnaire was a valid instrument to measure degree of organizational forgiveness.

scholarly journals Validation of the Spanish-Mexican Version of the Australian Breastfeeding Attitude Questionnaire in Higher Education Health Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4609
Author(s):  
Gabriela Alejandra Grover-Baltazar ◽  
Gabriela Macedo-Ojeda ◽  
Ana Sandoval-Rodríguez ◽  
Marianne Martínez-Vizmanos ◽  
Lucrecia Carrera-Quintanar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
The One ◽  
Breastfeeding Attitudes

Positive attitudes towards breastfeeding in health professionals/students have been associated with increasing their confidence to provide support and accompaniment to mothers. In Mexico, there is no valid/reliable tool to assess attitudes towards breastfeeding in this population. The Australian Breastfeeding Attitudes (and Knowledge) Questionnaire (ABAQ) measures attitudes in the Australian population. We aimed to adapt and validate the ABAQ in Mexican health students. We included 264 health students (nursing, nutrition, and medicine) from the University of Guadalajara. Bilingual translators carried out the Spanish adaptation with a reverse translation into English. Experts evaluated the content validity. Reliability was evaluated through an internal consistency analysis (Cronbach’s alpha) and construct validity through convergent–divergent validation, item–total correlation, exploratory factor analysis (by principal components), and confirmatory factor analysis. According to the exploratory factor analysis, only one component was identified. Seven items were removed (low correlation between items ≤0.2 and low factor load ≤0.3). The Cronbach’s alpha was 0.78. According to the confirmatory factor analysis, the one-factor solution of the ABAQ-13Mx showed a good model fit (X2 = 98.41, G = 62, p = 0.02, CFI = 0.940, and RMSEA = 0.048). The ABAQ-13Mx is a reliable and valid instrument for evaluating attitudes towards breastfeeding in Mexican health degree students.

scholarly journals Likert scale and change in range of response categories vs. the factors extraction in EFA model

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (311) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Tarka
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Optimal Number ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Scale Experiment ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract: The objective article is the comparative analysis of Likert rating scale based on the following range of response categories, i.e. 5, 7, 9 and 11 in context of the appropriate process of factors extraction in exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The problem which is being addressed in article relates primarily to the methodological aspects, both in selection of the optimal number of response categories of the measured items (constituting the Likert scale) and identification of possible changes, differences or similarities associated (as a result of the impact of four types of scales) with extraction and determination the appropriate number of factors in EFA model.Keywords: Exploratory factor analysis, Likert scale, experiment research, marketing

scholarly journals Forgiveness flexibility scale for secondary education: Validity and reliability studyOrtaöğretim öğrencilerinde affetme esnekliği ölçeği: Geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuğba Seda Çolak ◽  
Mustafa Koç ◽  
Halime Eker ◽  
Betül Düşünceli
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Test Reliability ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Reliability Method ◽  
Valid Instrument

The aim of the study is to develop a scale which determines forgiveness flexibility level of secondary education students and to test reliability and validity of the scale. The study was actualized with 651 secondary education students. As result of exploratory factor analysis, which was used to test structure validity of the scale, a structure which explains 45.5% variance of total scale was attained. According to results of exploratory factor analysis, total 14 items collected at three factors. Factors were identified as recognition of forgiveness, internalization of forgiveness and practice of genuine forgiveness. When scale’s reliability study was made by split-half reliability method, correlation found .71 (p<.01). It can be said based on the findings that Forgiveness Flexibility Scale High School Form is a reliable and valid instrument which can be used in the fields of education and psychology. ÖzetAraştırmanın amacı, ortaöğretim öğrencilerinde affetme esnekliğini belirleyen bir ölçek geliştirmek ve ölçeğin geçerlik ve güvenirliğini test etmektir. Araştırma 651 ortaöğretim öğrencisi ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Ölçeğin yapı geçerliliğini test etmek için kullanılan açımlayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda ölçeğin toplam varyansının %45.5’ini açıklayan bir yapı elde edilmiştir. Açımlayıcı faktör analizi sonuçlarına göre; toplam 14 madde, üç faktörde toplanmaktadır. Faktörler affetmeyi tanıma, affetmeyi içselleştirme ve gerçek affetmeyi uygulama olarak tanımlanmıştır. Ölçeğin güvenirlik çalışması testi ikiye ayırma yöntemi ile gerçekleştirildiğinde .71 (p<.01) korelasyon bulunmuştur. Bu sonuçlara dayanarak Affetme Esnekliği Lise Formu Ölçeğinin eğitim ve psikoloji alanında kullanılabilecek, geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğu söylenebilir.

Developmental, Relational and Facilitating (DRF) Organizational Culture Scale: An Empirical Study in Select Colleges of University of Delhi

2020 ◽  
pp. 097215092093976
Author(s):  
Saumya Aggarwal ◽  
Ajay Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
The University

The study aims at developing an instrument of organizational culture (OC). The study is based on a quantitative research and used techniques like exploratory factor analysis and the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to determine the principal drivers of OC. A 17-item reliable and valid instrument has been developed on OC to enhance the developmental culture (DC), the relational culture (RC) and the facilitating culture (FC) for cultural transformation in the University of Delhi. OC of the University of Delhi is moderate and needs to be improved.

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