Adaptation of Chemistry Perception Questionnaire into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study with Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis

dc.creator	Cemal Tosun
dc.date	2013-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:12Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:12Z
dc.identifier	http://dx.doi.org/10.12973/nefmed157
dc.identifier	1307-6086
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/98f04e77ccf14f35981b0530451c7225
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27434
dc.description	The purpose of this study is to adapt “Chemistry Perception Questionnaire (CPQ)”, developed by Wells (2003), into Turkish and investigate validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the scale. The original version of the scale was composed of 35 items gathered under seven factors (aptitude, chemophobia, discipline, ethnicity, gender, instruction and value). First, permission from the developers of the scale was sought. Then, the items of the scale were translated into Turkish by researcher. The translation validity of the scale was examined by referring to the views of English and Turkish language experts. Once the final form of the scale had been derived, an English language expert translated the items of the scale from Turkish to English. The results obtained from this translation indicated that the Turkish version scale closely approximated to the original scale. Turkish version of the scale was administered to total of 435 university students from Education, Science and Engineering Faculties of Bartin, Kirikkale, Kilis 7 Aralik and Mustafa Kemal Universities. The item-total correlations were calculated and items which had negative or low correlation with the total scale score were excluded from the scale. The construct validity of the scale was examined by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Varimax rotation technique was used due to the separation into irrelevant factors. Finally the scale was constructed from 20 items gathered under five factors (gender, value, chemophobia, discipline, aptitude). The reliability coefficient (Cronbach Alpha) for the whole scale was calculated as .745.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Necatibey Faculty of Education
dc.relation	http://www.nef.balikesir.edu.tr/~dergi/makaleler/yayinda/14/EFMED_KME137.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1307-6086
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Necatibey Faculty of Education, Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education , Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 142-165 (2013)
dc.subject	Chemistry Perception Questionnaire
dc.subject	CPQ
dc.subject	perception
dc.subject	validity and reliability
dc.subject	exploratory factor analysis
dc.subject	confirmatory factor analysis
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Adaptation of Chemistry Perception Questionnaire into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study with Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis
dc.type	article