DEVELOPING AN ATTITUDE SCALE TOWARDS NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDIES
Abstract
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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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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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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
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 4 Number: 1
