Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli ile Geliştirilmiş Çevresel Tutum Ölçeği

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, iki boyutlu çevresel tutum ölçeği geliştirmektir. Ölçek maddeleri araştırmacılar tarafından alan-yazın taranarak ve konu ile ilgili iki uzmanın görüşleri doğrultusunda hazırlanmıştır. Bunun için toplam 20 madde belirlenmiştir. Deneme ölçeği, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi’nde eğitim gören 208 öğretmen adayına uygulanmıştır. Analizler sonucunda 6 madde atılmış, 14 maddeden oluşan tutum ölçeği elde edilmiştir. Açıklayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda ölçeğin KMO katsayısı 0.763, Barlett Testi anlamlılık değeri 0.001'den küçük; doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda uyum iyiliği kriterleri X2/sd: 1.88, RMSEA: 0.066, SRMR: 0.062, CFI:0.90, IFI:0.90, GFI:0.92, AGFI:0.87 ve Cronbach-alpha güvenirlik katsayısı 0.733 bulunmuştur

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Çevre, tutum ölçeği, açıklayıcı faktör analizi, doğrulayıcı faktör analizi, yapısal eşitlik modeli

Environmental Attitude Scale Developed by Structural Equation Modeling

Abstract

This study aims at developing an environmental attitude scale based on two themes. The scale items were prepared by the researchers with the help of literature records and consultations with two experts. A survey consisting of 20 attitude questions was later applied to 208 teacher candidates who were selected among students attending Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University. Following the evaluation of the survey questions, 6 of the scale items previously identified were discarded. An Environmental Attitude Scale composing of 14 Likert type sentences was developed. KMO and Cronbach-alpha values of this scale were found to be 0.763 and 0.733 respectively. The Barlett Test Significance Value of this scale was smaller than 0.001. At the end of confirmatory factor analyses, the goodness of fit criteria’s were found to be; X2 /sd: 1.88; RMSEA: 0.066, SRMR: 0.062, CFI:0.90, IFI:0.90, GFI:0.92, AGFI:0.87.)

Keywords

• Environment,attitude scale,explanatory factor analyses,confirmatory factor analyses,structural equation modeling

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