Construction and Standardization of Scientific Attitude Scale

Author(s)	Dr. Jayanthi C.E.
Country	India
Abstract	Scientific attitude scale has been constructed and standardized for higher secondary school students. The items were constructed based on the Likert’s five point scale. The pilot study was conducted with one hundred higher secondary school students, randomly selected from five higher secondary schools located in Cuddalore district. The responses collected from the samples were analyzed by statistical techniques. The scores of the items that satisfies ‘t’ value alone were taken for the main study. Out of sixty items, twelve items were not selected and the remaining forty eight items were taken for the main study. The reliability of the score was found to be 0.93 by Chronbach alpha method. Further the validity of the tool was established by using face validity method.
Keywords	Scientific attitude scale, Higher secondary students, Tool construction
Field	Sociology > Education
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-02-27

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