Type : Other Article
G. Netravathia and N.B. Chauhan
A scale was developed to measure the attitude of the research scholars studying in agricultural universities towards climate change based on Likert’s technique. A tentative list of 29 statements was drafted keeping in view the applicability of statements suited to the area of study. The statements collected were edited in the light of the informal criteria suggested by Edward and Kilpatrick. These statements were framed in such a way that they expressed the positive or negative attitude of the research scholars. The score of each individual item on the scale was calculated by summing up the weights of the individual items. Scale and Q value was calculated by using Thurstone and Chave inter-quartile range. Finally the scale consisted of 12 statements (8 positive and 4 negative) whose median (scale) values were greater than Q values. However, when a few statements had the same scale values, statements having lowest Q value were selected by arranging the scale value in an order. Reliability was tested with 25 respondents and its value was 0.8134 and validity of the scale was cross checked with 200 respondent, and‘t’ was found significant at five percent
Keyword: Attitude; Research scholars; Reliability; Validity and Scale value;