International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research

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The Validation of Scientific Tools in officiating During Sports

Author(s) Ms. Mansi Kaushik, Mr. Manjeet Singh, Prof. Dr. Paramvir Singh
Country India
Abstract Sports organization, administration and officiating are a broad area in the management skills of competitive world of sports. More specifically officiating, the sports events, being very important role during the tournament, there are so many techniques and technologies used for assistance in officiating. This paper entitle “The validation of Scientific Tools in officiating during Sports” evaluated the validity of the different tools to identify the impact of officiating. To establish the validation of the questionnaire, ‘two validity methods are used’: face and content validity. For assessing the face and content validity a panel of 10 Sports officiating experts has been engaged. The experts were selected from different area related to sports and based on academic qualifications, professional experience, coaching and research contribution. The questionnaire was sent to experts in the form of soft copy and hard copy. In face validity, the experts were sent the suggestions for the improvement in the questionnaire. Based on expert’s suggestions, modifications were made to correct the structure and content of the items in the questionnaire further sent to the same experts for content validity to assessed the relevancy of the questionnaire. To assess content validity, the I-CVI (Item-Content Validity Index) and S- CVI (Scale-Content Validity Index) was calculated. The items that did not fulfill the minimum values were revised or eliminated from the questionnaire. For the each item the calculated values were, I-CVI Score was (0.92) and S-CVI Score was (0.92) and was quite satisfying for the statistical consideration for the sake of research and evaluations.
Keywords Officiating, technology, performance expectancy, Players, scale development
Published In Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On 2026-03-26
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.72334

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