A Tool to Measure Entrepreneurial Skill among Agripreneurs

2021 ◽  
pp. 91-97
Author(s):  
S. Elakkiya ◽  
M. Asokhan
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Cognitive Skill ◽  
Technical Skill ◽  
Item Selection ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Communication Competency ◽  
Managerial Skill

Entrepreneurship skills are an individual’s ability to make business in a profitable way. The study focused on to develop a tool to measure the entrepreneurial skill among the agripreneurs by reviewing of literature. Item selection and scoring procedure had been included in this study. Based on the reliability and validity testing, this study finalized the instruments to yielding seven indicators, namely, marketing dimension, psychological magnitude, managerial skill, behavioural skill, technical skill, communication competency, cognitive skill. It is recommended that future researchers apply and thereby extend the developed measure by cross-examining the instruments presented in this study across different entrepreneurs study. The results obtained will be helpful in planning and implementing the capacity development programmes. Among seven indictors and the respective sub indicators, the indicators and sub indicators having above 0.75 relative weightage score had taken for final index. The study found that marketing skill (0.88), psychological magnitude (0.89), behavioural skill (0.79), technical skill (0.83), communication competency (0.93) and cognitive skill (0.89) were the major skill of the agri entrepreneurs, should possess to run their business effectively and efficiently.

Translation and reliability and validity testing of a Japanese version of the Intermittent Self-Catheterization Questionnaire among disposable and reusable catheter users

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 1356-1362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikako Yoshida ◽  
Yasuhiko Igawa ◽  
Shiho Higashimura ◽  
Motofumi Suzuki ◽  
Aya Niimi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Validity Testing

Reliability and Validity A Quick Review

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 775-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Fitzner
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Diabetes Education ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Rigorous Testing ◽  
Diabetes Educators

The purpose of this article is to provide a brief review of reliability and validity testing. These concepts are important to researchers who are choosing techniques and/or developing tools that will be applied and evaluated in diabetes education practice. Several types of reliability and validity testing are defined, and an easy-to-use check sheet is provided for research purposes. Following testing for the basic aspects of reliability and validity such as face and construct validity, a tool may be appropriate for use in practice settings. Those conducting comprehensive outcomes evaluations, however, may desire additional validation such as testing for external validity. Diabetes educators can and should incorporate rigorous testing for these important aspects when conducting assessments of techniques and tools relating to diabetes self-management training.

Development and validation of an instrument to measure undergraduate chemistry students’ critical thinking skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-78
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Danczak ◽  
Christopher D. Thompson ◽  
Tina L. Overton
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Chemistry Education ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
Undergraduate Chemistry

The importance of developing and assessing student critical thinking at university can be seen through its inclusion as a graduate attribute for universities and from research highlighting the value employers, educators and students place on demonstrating critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills are seldom explicitly assessed at universities. Commercial critical thinking assessments, which are often generic in context, are available. However, literature suggests that assessments that use a context relevant to the students more accurately reflect their critical thinking skills. This paper describes the development and evaluation of a chemistry critical thinking test (the Danczak–Overton–Thompson Chemistry Critical Thinking Test or DOT test), set in a chemistry context, and designed to be administered to undergraduate chemistry students at any level of study. Development and evaluation occurred over three versions of the DOT test through a variety of quantitative and qualitative reliability and validity testing phases. The studies suggest that the final version of the DOT test has good internal reliability, strong test–retest reliability, moderate convergent validity relative to a commercially available test and is independent of previous academic achievement and university of study. Criterion validity testing revealed that third year students performed statistically significantly better on the DOT test relative to first year students, and postgraduates and academics performed statistically significantly better than third year students. The statistical and qualitative analysis indicates that the DOT test is a suitable instrument for the chemistry education community to use to measure the development of undergraduate chemistry students’ critical thinking skills.

scholarly journals Reliability and Validity Testing of the Physical Resilience Measure

2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 643-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Resnick ◽  
E. Galik ◽  
S. Dorsey ◽  
A. Scheve ◽  
S. Gutkin
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Validity Testing

Reliability and Validity of the Outcome Expectations for Exercise Scale-2

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Resnick
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Retirement Community ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The Relationship

Development of a reliable and valid measure of outcome expectations for exercise for older adults will help establish the relationship between outcome expectations and exercise and facilitate the development of interventions to increase physical activity in older adults. The purpose of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the Outcome Expectations for Exercise-2 Scale (OEE-2), a 13-item measure with two subscales: positive OEE (POEE) and negative OEE (NOEE). The OEE-2 scale was given to 161 residents in a continuing-care retirement community. There was some evidence of validity based on confirmatory factor analysis, Rasch-analysis INFIT and OUTFIT statistics, and convergent validity and test criterion relationships. There was some evidence for reliability of the OEE-2 based on alpha coefficients, person- and item-separation reliability indexes, and R2 values. Based on analyses, suggested revisions are provided for future use of the OEE-2. Although ongoing reliability and validity testing are needed, the OEE-2 scale can be used to identify older adults with low outcome expectations for exercise, and interventions can then be implemented to strengthen these expectations and improve exercise behavior.

Reliability and Validity Testing of the Self-Efficacy for Functional Activities Scale

1999 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Resnick
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
The Self ◽  
Stair Climbing ◽  
Activity Of Daily Living ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Functional Activities ◽  
Efficacy Expectations

Self-efficacy expectations for functional activities were defined operationally by having individuals rate their perceived judgment or confidence in their ability to perform each specific activity of daily living (ADL) (bathing, dressing, transferring, ambulating, and stair climbing) at a given point in time. The Self-Efficacy for Functional Activities (SEFA) scale initially included 27 items focusing on efficacy expectations related to performance of each ADL independently, with adaptive equipment, and with the help of another person. After initial pilaf testing the scale was revised to include 9 items which focused on efficacy expectations related to performance of each ADL independently, or with the help of another person. Two additional studies were done and provided some evidence for the reliability and validity of the SEFA when used with older adults.

Development, Reliability, and Validity Testing of the Ethical Behavior Test: A Measure for Nurses’ Ethical Behavior

1997 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé ◽  
Mieke Grypdonck ◽  
Magda Vuylsteke-Wauters
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Many Instruments ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Optimal Mix ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Substantial Degree ◽  
Behavior Test

The need for reliable and valid measures for ethical behavior of nurses has encouraged the authors to develop a new instrument to measure students’ ethical behavior in daily nursing dilemmas. Characteristic of the instrument presented is the inclusion of two fundamental components of ethical behavior: (1) ethical reasoning (and the resulting decision), and (2) the actual implementation of the ethical decision. As for many instruments, Kohlberg’s theory of moral development has been used as the conceptual framework. However, Kohlberg’s abstract justice orientation was refined by a care perspective and representative nursing dilemmas were used to make the instrument conceptually more appropriate for measuring nurses’ ethical behavior. The analysis of the psychometric properties of the instrument has provided several relevant indications for the reliability and validity of the ethical reasoning and implementation scores. The revealed inconsistencies in the Ethical Behavior Test could be satisfactorily interpreted in terms of Kohlberg’s theory and related empirical research findings, supporting the reliability of the ethical behavior scores. The content validity rests upon the careful development of the instrument resulting in an optimal mix of dilemmas, arguments and care situations to reveal nurses’ ethical behavior and in a substantial degree of correspondence between the concept and operationalization. The congruency between the patterns of ethical behavior and Kohlberg’s theoretical insights about ethical reasoning and practice support the construct validity of the instrument.

scholarly journals Professional knowledge and practice mapping among nurses regarding transfusion therapy.A pilot study on reliability and validity testing

2015 ◽  
Vol 156 (9) ◽  
pp. 366-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronika Rajki ◽  
Mária Csóka ◽  
Judit Mészáros
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Statistical Approach ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Transfusion Practice ◽  
The Self ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Transfusion Therapy ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Pearson Correlations

Introduction: All people involved in transfusion therapy have professional, legal and ethical responsibility for their own actions. Aim: The aims of the authors were to evaluate competencies, knowledge and practice of nurses about transfusion therapy. Method: Descriptive statistical approach using observation, questionnaire survey and interview was applied. Reliability and validity of the self-made questionnaire were examined with statistical methods. Variance, standard deviation, Cronbach’s alpha and Pearson correlations were calculated. Results: Transfusiology-related knowledge of nurses regarding current transfusion regulations was almost 90%, and 56.2% of nurses systematized the nursing functions correctly. Significant differences were found among different institutions in transfusion therapy, transfusion practice and the use of relevant documentation. 75–77% of the institutions examined had their own protocol, and assigned transfusion care nurses worked in more than 20% of the wards. Conclusions: The authors propose a better supervision by leaders in nursing aspects of transfusion therapy, and an increased professional responsibility. Orv. Hetil., 2015, 156(9), 366–378.

Preliminary reliability and validity testing of a Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Chinese Family Caregivers

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 630-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Ying Zhang ◽  
Helen Edwards ◽  
Patsy Yates ◽  
Elder Ruth ◽  
Qihao Guo
Keyword(s):  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Validity Testing
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