Development of a Digital Citizenship Scale for Youth: A Validity and Reliability Study
Journal Title: Journal of Computer and Education Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
The main objective of this study is to develop a valid and reliable scale for identifying digital citizenship perceptions of young people in the most common age groups. The study was conducted as a survey study. The study group of this study is composed of 438 people in Turkey who are among 16-24 age group with the highest rate of internet use in Turkey. An exploratory factor analysis was performed to determine the validity of the scale and the item discrimination powers were calculated. The total variance of the scale was determined that the scale had 8-factor structure and was found to be 49,70%. The internal consistency level was also calculated to determine the reliability of the scale. As a result, it can be said that this scale is a valid and reliable scale that can be used to determine the digital citizenship perceptions of young people.
Authors and Affiliations
Zafer KUŞ, Erhan GÜNEŞ, Uğur BAŞARMAK, Hamza YAKAR
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