Technology Readiness Index (TRI) 2.0: Adaptation to Turkish, Validity and Reliability Study

Öz

The aim of this study is to adapt the Technology Readiness Index 2.0 developed by Parasuraman and Colby (2015) into Turkish and introduce it to the national literature. In the study, Öztürk et al. (2015) and Büyüköztürk et al. (2020), the scale adaptation steps were followed. Accordingly, preliminary preparation, language equivalent studies, and examination of psychometric properties (validity and reliability) stages were carried out within the scope of adaptation. Within the scope of validity and reliability studies, exploratory factor analysis was conducted first. Confirmatory tetrad analysis was then conducted to test the structure's conformity to the reflective/formative structure together with the theoretical and conceptual indications in the literature; then, both first-level and second-level confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. A two-stage approach was used in the development of the second-level structure. SPSS 24.0 and SmartPLS 4.1.0.6 programsa re used in the analyses. According to the results obtained, it was seen that the scale maintained its four-dimensional structure as in the original and was a highly valid and reliable scale.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Technology Readiness
• Scale Adaptation
• Validity
• Reliability
• Smart PLS

Proje Numarası

123K155

Teknoloji Hazırlık İndeksi (THİ) 2.0: Türkçeye Uyarlama, Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı Parasuraman ve Colby (2015) tarafından geliştirilen Teknoloji Hazırlık İndeksi 2.0’ı Türkçeye uyarlamak ve ulusal alan yazına kazandırmaktır. Çalışmada Öztürk vd. (2015) ve Büyüköztürk vd. (2020) tarafından ortaya konulan ölçek uyarlama adımları takip edilmiştir. Buna göre uyarlama kapsamında ön hazırlık, dil eş değerlik çalışmaları ve psikometrik özelliklerin incelenmesi (geçerlik ve güvenirlik) aşamaları gerçekleştirilmiştir. Geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışmaları kapsamında öncelikle açımlayıcı faktör analizi yapılmıştır. Literatürdeki teorik ve kavramsal işaretlerle birlikte yapının reflektif/formatif yapıya uygunluğunu test etmek amacıyla doğrulayıcı tetrad analizi; ardından hem birinci düzey hem de ikinci düzey doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yapılmıştır. İkinci düzey yapının geliştirilmesinde iki aşamalı yaklaşım kullanılmıştır. Analizlerde SPSS 24.0 ve SmartPLS 4.1.0.6 programları kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre ölçeğin orijinalinde olduğu gibi dört boyutlu yapısını koruduğu ve üst düzey geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek olduğu görülmüştür.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Teknoloji Hazırlığı
• Ölçek Uyarlama
• Geçerlik
• Güvenirlik
• Smart PLS

Destekleyen Kurum

TÜBİTAK

Proje Numarası

123K155

Etik Beyan

Bu araştırma için Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Etik Kurulu’nun 25.04.2023 tarih ve 117 sayılı kararı ile etik kurul onayı alınmıştır.

Teşekkür

Projeye verdiği destekten ötürü TÜBİTAK’a teşekkürlerimizi sunarız.

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