Measuring ICT usage among west coast fishermen: pre-test results from Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan
Problem statement: The government has admitted the effectiveness of ICT in bringing changes to the socio-economic aspects of the community. Groups such as farmers, entrepreneurs, rural community and housewives for examples have been proven by a number of past studies to profit the huge advantages of...
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| author | Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Omar, Siti Zobidah Abu Hassan, Musa Bolong, Jusang Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva |
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| description | Problem statement: The government has admitted the effectiveness of ICT in bringing changes to the socio-economic aspects of the community. Groups such as farmers, entrepreneurs, rural community and housewives for examples have been proven by a number of past studies to profit the huge advantages offered by ICT. Nonetheless, there is inadequacy in term of study related to ICT usage among one of the important groups in Malaysia; the fishermen. Before doing a study related to ICT usage among fishermen, a reliable instrument is needed, hence the main purpose of this study is to discuss the reliability and validity of an instrument developed for measuring ICT usage among the fishermen. Approach: This is a quantitative study; the pre-test process took place at Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, where a total of 30 registered fishermen were randomly chosen as the respondents. Results: Reliability analysis run has generated cronbach alpha value ranging from 0.714-0.970 thus reflect the instrument has a good strength in term of reliability. Conclusion/Recommendations: A number of recommendations have been highlighted which involves trainings to enumerator and a number of modifications on the instrument. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-242682016-03-31T04:09:58Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24268/ Measuring ICT usage among west coast fishermen: pre-test results from Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Omar, Siti Zobidah Abu Hassan, Musa Bolong, Jusang Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Problem statement: The government has admitted the effectiveness of ICT in bringing changes to the socio-economic aspects of the community. Groups such as farmers, entrepreneurs, rural community and housewives for examples have been proven by a number of past studies to profit the huge advantages offered by ICT. Nonetheless, there is inadequacy in term of study related to ICT usage among one of the important groups in Malaysia; the fishermen. Before doing a study related to ICT usage among fishermen, a reliable instrument is needed, hence the main purpose of this study is to discuss the reliability and validity of an instrument developed for measuring ICT usage among the fishermen. Approach: This is a quantitative study; the pre-test process took place at Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, where a total of 30 registered fishermen were randomly chosen as the respondents. Results: Reliability analysis run has generated cronbach alpha value ranging from 0.714-0.970 thus reflect the instrument has a good strength in term of reliability. Conclusion/Recommendations: A number of recommendations have been highlighted which involves trainings to enumerator and a number of modifications on the instrument. Science Publications 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24268/1/ajabssp.2012.21.27.pdf Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Omar, Siti Zobidah and Abu Hassan, Musa and Bolong, Jusang and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva (2012) Measuring ICT usage among west coast fishermen: pre-test results from Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7 (1). pp. 21-27. ISSN 1557-4989; ESSN: 1557-4997 http://thescipub.com/html/10.3844/ajabssp.2012.21.27 10.3844/ajabssp.2012.21.27 |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Omar, Siti Zobidah Abu Hassan, Musa Bolong, Jusang Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Measuring ICT usage among west coast fishermen: pre-test results from Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan |
| title | Measuring ICT usage among west coast fishermen: pre-test results from Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan |
| title_full | Measuring ICT usage among west coast fishermen: pre-test results from Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan |
| title_fullStr | Measuring ICT usage among west coast fishermen: pre-test results from Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring ICT usage among west coast fishermen: pre-test results from Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan |
| title_short | Measuring ICT usage among west coast fishermen: pre-test results from Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan |
| title_sort | measuring ict usage among west coast fishermen pre test results from port dickson negeri sembilan |
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