SCALE CONSTRUCTION ON ATTITUDE OF POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS TOWARDS DIPLOMA PROGRAMME

M.A. VIHARI¹*, M.S. RAO², B. MUKUNDA RAO³, B. VENKATESWARLU⁴, V. SRINIVASA RAO^5
1Department of Agricultural Extension, Agricultural College, Bapatla, 522101, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
²Department of Agricultural Extension, Agricultural College, Bapatla, 522101, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
³Principal Scientist (Extension), Agricultural College, Bapatla, 522101, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
⁴Professor & Head, Department of Agronomy, Agricultural College, Bapatla, 522101, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
⁵Professor & Head, Department of Statistics, Agricultural College, Bapatla, 522101, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : ananthavihari@gmail.com

Received : 02-04-2022     Accepted : 27-04-2022     Published : 30-04-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 4       Pages : 11269 - 11271
Int J Agr Sci 14.4 (2022):11269-11271

Keywords : Reliability of the scale, Summated rating scale
Academic Editor : Dr M. Pandiyan, Dr Prashant Shrivastava, Navin Kumar Rajpal, Rajib Das, Dr R. S. Umakanth, Nisha Sharma
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Extension, Agricultural College, Bapatla, 522101, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The present research study was conducted during 2021-22. In these study attitude of polytechnic students towards diploma programme was studied. As a part of research work it was necessary to construct a scale for the purpose of study. Keeping this in view, an attempt has been made to develop a scale for measuring the attitude of polytechnic students towards diploma programme. Method of summated rating scale by Likert (1932) was used. From all these sources tentative lists of 66 statements were prepared keeping in view of the applicability of statements suited to the area of study. The 66 statements collected were carefully edited and 52 statements were prepared in the form of questionnaire and was sent to experts. 30 statements out of 52 were selected through relevancy testing. After computing ‘t’ values for all the 30 statements, statements with ‘t’ values more than 1.75 were selected for the final scale. 20 statements with‘t’ value more than 1.75 were selected in the scale and final scale comprised of 20 statements to measure the attitude of polytechnic students towards diploma programme

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