Development of a scale to measure the attitude of beneficiaries towards entrepreneurship development programmes

Abstract

This paper narrates the entire methodology adopted for developing a scale to measure the attitude of beneficiaries towards entrepreneurship development programmes. The Likert’s summated rating method was used to construct the scale. A comprehensive list of 100 statements was developed by thoroughly reviewing the literature and expert consultation. These items were subjected to a relevancy test by sending it for expert content evaluation. Based on the relevancy percentage (RP), relevancy weightage (RW) and mean relevancy score (MRS), 72 items were screened out for item analysis. The scale was administered to 32 beneficiaries of various entrepreneurship programmes. The internal consistency check using Cronbach’s alpha was used to ensure the reliability of the proposed scale, and a value of 0.84 was obtained, indicating higher reliability. The scale developed finally consists of 20 statements, of which 14 are positive and six are negative. The standardized scale has practical applicability in measuring the attitude of beneficiaries towards entrepreneurship development programmes.