Author(s): DD Nigade and PR Deshmukh

Abstract: Scaling is the process of measuring or ordering entities with respect to quantitative attributes or traits. Scaling has been defined as a ‘Procedure for the assignment of numbers or other symbols to a property of objects in order to impart some of the characteristics of numbers to the properties in question’. An attempt is made in the present study was to develop and standardize the scale to measure impact of KCC scheme among the beneficiary farmers was conducted in Marathwada region during the year 2019 and 2020. The method of summated rating suggested by Likert (1932) was used to develop and standardize a scale for measuring impact of Kisan Credit Card Scheme. Initially eighty statements selected, expressing the impact of KCC Scheme under eight components. These statements were edited on the basis of criteria suggested by Thurstone (1946), Likert (1932) and Edward (1957). Sixty-one statements were retained after editing and sent to 105 judges to determine the relevancy. Out of that 74 judges responded and relevancy score were worked out. After calculation of relevancy score, 52 statements having more than 0.66 relevancy weightage, more than 66.00 per cent relevancy percentage and more than 2 mean relevancy score were considered for item analysis (t-value calculation). After computing the ‘t’ value for all the 52 statements, total 34 statements with greater than 1.75 ‘t’ values were selected for the measurement of reliability. A scale is said to be reliable when it consistently produces the same results when applied to measure the same phenomenon from time to time. For this study test-retest method of reliability was used. The ‘r’ value 0.823 was significant at 0.01 level of probability indicating the scale was highly reliable for administration. Content validity method was used in the present scale to determine the validity of the scale as the content of the impact was based on literature and opinion of the panel of 74 judges and it was assumed that present scale satisfied the content validity. The final scale consisted 34 statements to measure the impact of KCC Scheme on five-point continuum i.e. ‘strongly agree’, ‘agree’, ‘undecided’, ‘disagree’ and ‘strongly disagree’ by giving score 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for positive statements and 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 for negative statements.

DOI: 10.22271/maths.2023.v8.i6Sf.1409

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