Development of a Test for Measuring the Knowledge Level of Women Farmers in Vegetable Cultivation

Yadav, D. S.; Singh, Usha; Kumar, Arvind; Katoch, Anup

doi:10.1080/09709274.2013.11906558

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“…The mean of knowledge indexes about organic food was calculated as 51.1%, which is medium. Divakar et al and Yadav et al report similar type findings by using knowledge tests in both of their studies ( 18 , 22 ).…”

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confidence: 57%

“…NC = the number of samples who correctly answered, N = Total number of sample sizes. Items having a p value within 30–80 were selected for the final knowledge test ( 18 , 19 ). p value was calculated for each statement/item separately.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…N is the total number of samples for item analysis. The present study selected the statement with a discrimination index value of more than 0.20 ( 18 ) for the final knowledge test item.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Where, r pbi = Point-biserial correlation coefficient, X p = Mean score of variable in the successful group, X q = Mean score of variable in the unsuccessful group, S t = Standard deviation of the total sample, p = Percentage of samples who answered correctly and q = percentage of respondents who answered incorrectly or not answered. The final knowledge test selected a point biserial coefficient equivalent or more than 0.235 ( 18 ).…”

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IntroductionThe popularity of organic food is in increasing trend due to the increased existence of synthetic food worldwide. Hence it is very important to know the knowledge level of city dwellers regarding various aspects of organic food and factors associated with their awareness level.ObjectivesThe primary objective of this research study is to develop a standardized knowledge test to assess the knowledge level of respondents regarding organic food and find out the factors behind elevated knowledge levels.MethodsA standardized knowledge test was developed comprising 26 knowledge items and pilot tested on 42 individuals. Difficulty index, discrimination index and point biserial correlation coefficient were calculated; only 21 knowledge statements were selected out of 26. The reliability coefficient and validity were checked and found satisfactory. The final knowledge test containing 21 knowledge statements was administered to 1050 respondents from various locations of the National Capital Region (NCR)-Delhi, India. After getting the knowledge score from each individual, it was classified as very low, low, medium, high and very high knowledge level. For determining factors contributing towards enhanced knowledge level, the correlation coefficient was calculated between independent socio-economic variables of each individual and their corresponding knowledge score. Regression analysis was also performed and developed a model to depict a relationship between the dependent variable i.e. knowledge level and independent variables.ResultsStandardized knowledge test depicted that a major portion of respondents (62.0%) possessed very low, low and medium levels of knowledge, whereas 23.5 and 14.5% of respondents had high and very high levels of knowledge regarding organic food. Independent variables like gender, education, family size, family income, internet, mass media exposure and social participation had a positive relationship with the knowledge level of respondents. The results of regression analysis show that education (X2), total annual income (X3), gender (X6), participation in various organizations like the club, societies, etc. (X8), health consciousness of individual (X11), perception of organic food (X13); could explain the major share of ~62.1% of the variation in dependent variable i.e. knowledge level.ConclusionThe developed standardized knowledge test for the present study was found valid and appropriate research tool for evaluating the knowledge level of urban citizens regarding organic food. The majority of respondents had a positive attitude towards organic food but possessed low to medium knowledge levels regarding organic food. Occasional awareness campaigns and capacity-building programs regarding various aspects of organic food in educational institutes, residential societies and through mass media can be beneficial to society.

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confidence: 57%

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confidence: 99%

“…N is the total number of samples for item analysis. The present study selected the statement with a discrimination index value of more than 0.20 ( 18 ) for the final knowledge test item.…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…Item analysis can yield three sorts of information: item difficulty index, item discrimination index, and point-biserial correlation. Yadav et al [7].…”

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Developing a Test to Measure the Knowledge Level of Farmers towards Market Intelligence

Ghouse

Karthikeyan

Devi

2022

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Market intelligence is a method of foreseeing what will occur in the near future. We must proceed from market data to information, and finally to market intelligence, in order to complete this process. This study attempted to develop a scale for measuring the knowledge level of farmers on market intelligence. Relevant items were gathered that covered all aspects of farmer’s market intelligence in agriculture. Thirty items were initially selected for this study and administered to 42 non-sample respondents. All of the items have been subjected to item analysis. The current study found that 12 items were chosen for the test administration based on the difficulty index, discrimination index, and point-biserial correlation. This test was found to be both valid and highly reliable (0.65). This may be used by social science researchers to assess farmers' expertise in market information as well as market intelligence.

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Development of a test for measuring the knowledge level of farmers in maize cultivation

Rufaida

Singh

2018

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It has become imperative to develop an effective and holistic system of high production and tackling pests to make it more environmental friendly, economically viable and socially acceptable to farmers which can be achieved through adoption of technologies, so it is very important to assess the knowledge level of farmers in maize farming in order to identify gap in adoption. Hence, a study was designed to develop a standardized test using test construction methodology adopting item analysis procedure, pilot tested with 30 farmer members from non-sample area. The final test consisted of 7 questions having difficulty index value in the range of 30 to 80 and discrimination index value above 0.3 and above was retained and used to measure the knowledge of maize growing farmers. The reliability of the knowledge test was measured with the help of split-half method and the reliability coefficient was found to be 0.8, which indicates that the knowledge test is reliable. Also, criterion validity was measured after establishing theoretical relationship between knowledge and adoption of recommended package of practice. Adoption levels of recommended package of practices for maize were calculated for 30 farmers. These scores were correlated with the knowledge scores. The 'r' value was found to be 0.85. Since the 'r' values were significant at 0.01 level of probability, the scale developed was considered as valid. The test was further administered to 150 respondents and it was found that majority of the respondents (44%) had medium level of knowledge about recommended package of practices for paddy cultivation.

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Development of a Test for Measuring the Knowledge Level of Women Farmers in Vegetable Cultivation

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Knowledgeability about organic food consumption and the factors behind it

Knowledgeability about organic food consumption and the factors behind it

Developing a Test to Measure the Knowledge Level of Farmers towards Market Intelligence

Development of a test for measuring the knowledge level of farmers in maize cultivation

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