Construction of attitude scale for agricultural scientists towards their profession: A methodological approach

Abstract

The research follows a systematic approach to develop and standardize items aimed at measuring the attitude of agricultural scientists towards their job. Initially, a total of 70 items were identified through an extensive literature review. Through collaboration with experts, a refined set of 60 items was selected after undergoing screening and editing processes. The scale value and quartile value of these items were determined based on assessments from a panel of 60 experts. Fifty-four items were ultimately selected for standardizing the scale. To ensure the validity of the items, both content validity and Kappa statistics were employed, leading to the final selection of 26 items for the attitude scale. The items were administered among 30 scientists who were not part of the sample group to verify reliability. The reliability of the test items was assessed using Cronbach's alpha, resulting in a high reliability value of 0.955 for the study. As a result, the standardized items for effectively measuring the attitude of agricultural scientists towards their job and workplace were found to be reliable and valid.