Adaptation of "Trust in Science and Scientists Scale" into Turkish: Validity-Reliability Study-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Adaptation of "Trust in Science and Scientists Scale" into Turkish: Validity-Reliability Study

Published:2024-01-02 Issue:2 Volume:17 Page:1026-1054
ISSN:1307-6086
Container-title:Necatibey Eğitim Fakültesi Elektronik Fen ve Matematik Eğitimi Dergisi
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Author:

ÖĞÜNMEZ Cemile Elvan¹^ORCID,BENZER Elif²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ, FEN BİLGİSİ ÖĞRETMENLİĞİ (DR)

2. MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ATATÜRK EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ, MATEMATİK VE FEN BİLİMLERİ EĞİTİMİ BÖLÜMÜ

Abstract

This study investigates the validity and reliability of the scale which was obtained by adapting the "Trust in Science and Scientists Inventory" developed by Nadelson et al. into Turkish simplified for middle school students to understand. As a result of the Exploratory Factor Analysis, the total variance accounted for by the two-factor scale containing a total of 16 items was found 57.442%. Cronbach α values were used to calculate the internal consistency of the factors (0.928 and 0.814, respectively). The Cronbach α internal consistency coefficient for the whole scale was calculated as 0.822. Then, Confirmatory Factor Analysis suggested that the two-factor model was compatible with the data. The results of the study show that the scale adapted into Turkish is a valid and reliable educational measurement tool for middle school students.

Publisher

Necatibey Faculty of Education Electronics Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Subject

General Engineering

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