Research Article

DEVELOPING AN ATTITUDE SCALE TOWARDS NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDIES

Volume: 4 Number: 1 June 23, 2017
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DEVELOPING AN ATTITUDE SCALE TOWARDS NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDIES

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop a scale to determine pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards nuclear power plants. During the process of scale development, validity and reliability studies were conducted with 233 pre-service teachers. Content validity of the scale was provided with expert opinions. Both explanatory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were done to demonstrate the scale's construct validity. After the validity studies, it is determined that the scale two-factor scale consisted of 21 items and 60.216% of the variance was explained by two factors. Reliability studies of the scale were conducted with the internal consistency coefficients for the entire scale and sub-factors.  It was found that the Cronbach alpha (α) value was 0.944 for the entire scale, 0.946 for the first factor and 0.910 for the second factor. The internal consistency coefficients calculated for the entire scale and its sub-factors showed that scale had high reliability.

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Turkish

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Sinem Üner This is me
GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Adnan Kan
GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Hüseyin Akkuş
GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 23, 2017

Submission Date

April 5, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 4 Number: 1

APA
Üner, S., Kan, A., & Akkuş, H. (2017). NÜKLEER SANTRALE YÖNELİK TUTUM ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI. Eğitim Ve Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi, 4(1), 33-48. https://izlik.org/JA29CW23LH
AMA
1.Üner S, Kan A, Akkuş H. NÜKLEER SANTRALE YÖNELİK TUTUM ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI. JRES. 2017;4(1):33-48. https://izlik.org/JA29CW23LH
Chicago
Üner, Sinem, Adnan Kan, and Hüseyin Akkuş. 2017. “NÜKLEER SANTRALE YÖNELİK TUTUM ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI”. Eğitim Ve Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi 4 (1): 33-48. https://izlik.org/JA29CW23LH.
EndNote
Üner S, Kan A, Akkuş H (June 1, 2017) NÜKLEER SANTRALE YÖNELİK TUTUM ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI. Eğitim ve Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi 4 1 33–48.
IEEE
[1]S. Üner, A. Kan, and H. Akkuş, “NÜKLEER SANTRALE YÖNELİK TUTUM ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI”, JRES, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 33–48, June 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA29CW23LH
ISNAD
Üner, Sinem - Kan, Adnan - Akkuş, Hüseyin. “NÜKLEER SANTRALE YÖNELİK TUTUM ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI”. Eğitim ve Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi 4/1 (June 1, 2017): 33-48. https://izlik.org/JA29CW23LH.
JAMA
1.Üner S, Kan A, Akkuş H. NÜKLEER SANTRALE YÖNELİK TUTUM ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI. JRES. 2017;4:33–48.
MLA
Üner, Sinem, et al. “NÜKLEER SANTRALE YÖNELİK TUTUM ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI”. Eğitim Ve Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 4, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 33-48, https://izlik.org/JA29CW23LH.
Vancouver
1.Sinem Üner, Adnan Kan, Hüseyin Akkuş. NÜKLEER SANTRALE YÖNELİK TUTUM ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI. JRES [Internet]. 2017 Jun. 1;4(1):33-48. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA29CW23LH