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Development of an Earthquake Knowledge Assessment Scale: Validity and Reliability Study
Abstract
Earthquake is one of the most common natural disasters in the world and sometimes the most dangerous. It is important that individuals have sufficient knowledge about the earthquake in order to be protected from its destructive effects. For this, there is a need for instruments to measure the earthquake knowledge of individuals. The aim of this study is to develop Earthquake Knowledge Assessment Scale. The study group of this research consists of a total of 728 volunteers, 501 of whom were women and 227 men, who were included in the research group determined by convenience sampling technique. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis, which was completed after testing the suitability of the data for analysis, the scale showed a three-dimensional structure consisting of 19 items. The factors that constitute the scale explain 61,744% of the variance. The sub-dimensions of the scale were named based on the knowledge about the earthquake. The suitability of the obtained scale was 0.072 for Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA), 0.93 for Normed Fit Index (NFI), 0,89 for Goodness of Fit Index (GFI), 0.041 for Root Mean Square Residuals (RMR), and 0.86 for Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index (AGFI). As a result of the reliability analysis, the internal consistency coefficient (Cronbach alpha) of the scale was determined as 0.868. It is thought that this developed scale could be useful to school managers, teachers, researchers, developers of school infrastructure, and the government ministry in charge of education.
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Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Alan Eğitimleri
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
31 Aralık 2022
Gönderilme Tarihi
28 Aralık 2021
Kabul Tarihi
9 Ekim 2022
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2022 Cilt: 23 Sayı: 3
