A scale to measure knowledge level of dairy farmers affected by Kerala flood 2018 on disaster response
Kerala was worst affected by flood disaster in August 2018.The most effective strategy to mitigate the adverse effects of flood disaster is providing the general public with basic knowledge of how to respond to disasters. The present study was contemplated to develop and standardise a scale for m...
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| description | Kerala was worst affected by flood disaster in August 2018.The most effective strategy to
mitigate the adverse effects of flood disaster is providing the general public with basic knowledge
of how to respond to disasters. The present study was contemplated to develop and standardise
a scale for measuring dairy farmers’ knowledge on disaster response. Based on thinking and
differentiation of well knowledgeable dairy farmers from poorly knowledgeable dairy farmers 27
items comprehensively covering each aspect of disaster response was constructed. Based on
relevancy test, 16 items were selected. These selected knowledge items were subjected to item
analysis comprising of difficulty index, discrimination index and point biserial co- relation. A total
of 9 items were selected for the final scale. The reliability of the knowledge test was measured by
Cronbach alpha. Cronbach’s alpha was found to be excellent .811, which is very high and indicates
strong internal consistency among the 09 items. The developed knowledge test was found to be
highly stable and dependable measurement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65da8756b5494cf2b3cc7491a83cc3fb2022-12-22T01:52:01ZengDirector of Academics and Research, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences UniversityJournal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences0971-07012582-06052022-06-0153229730310.51966/jvas.2022.53.2.297-303A scale to measure knowledge level of dairy farmers affected by Kerala flood 2018 on disaster responseL. Arun0R. Senthilkumar1R. S. Jiji2P. Reeja George3C. Latha4PhD Scholar, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur-680651 Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, IndiaAssociate Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode, Kerala, IndiaProfessor and Head, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Kerala, IndiaAssociate Professor, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy,Kerala, IndiaProfessor and Head, Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy,Kerala, IndiaKerala was worst affected by flood disaster in August 2018.The most effective strategy to mitigate the adverse effects of flood disaster is providing the general public with basic knowledge of how to respond to disasters. The present study was contemplated to develop and standardise a scale for measuring dairy farmers’ knowledge on disaster response. Based on thinking and differentiation of well knowledgeable dairy farmers from poorly knowledgeable dairy farmers 27 items comprehensively covering each aspect of disaster response was constructed. Based on relevancy test, 16 items were selected. These selected knowledge items were subjected to item analysis comprising of difficulty index, discrimination index and point biserial co- relation. A total of 9 items were selected for the final scale. The reliability of the knowledge test was measured by Cronbach alpha. Cronbach’s alpha was found to be excellent .811, which is very high and indicates strong internal consistency among the 09 items. The developed knowledge test was found to be highly stable and dependable measurement.https://jvas.in/public_html/upload/article_file/article_file_rff3tj.pdf?t=rff3tjdisasterresponseknowledge scalereliabilityvalidity |
| spellingShingle | L. Arun R. Senthilkumar R. S. Jiji P. Reeja George C. Latha A scale to measure knowledge level of dairy farmers affected by Kerala flood 2018 on disaster response Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences disaster response knowledge scale reliability validity |
| title | A scale to measure knowledge level of dairy farmers affected by Kerala flood 2018 on disaster response |
| title_full | A scale to measure knowledge level of dairy farmers affected by Kerala flood 2018 on disaster response |
| title_fullStr | A scale to measure knowledge level of dairy farmers affected by Kerala flood 2018 on disaster response |
| title_full_unstemmed | A scale to measure knowledge level of dairy farmers affected by Kerala flood 2018 on disaster response |
| title_short | A scale to measure knowledge level of dairy farmers affected by Kerala flood 2018 on disaster response |
| title_sort | scale to measure knowledge level of dairy farmers affected by kerala flood 2018 on disaster response |
| topic | disaster response knowledge scale reliability validity |
| url | https://jvas.in/public_html/upload/article_file/article_file_rff3tj.pdf?t=rff3tj |
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