1Division of Agricultural Extension Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu, India
2Division of Agricultural Extension Education, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India
Online published on 31 August, 2016.
This paper dealt with the steps involved in developing and standarizing a scale for assessing the attitude of farmers towards rapeseed mustard crop based on Rensis Likert's summative rating technique (1932) in Jammu division of Jammu & Kashmir. The scale consisted of final 16 items out of the initially selected 40 items in which positive and negative statements were arranged on five point continuum. These five points were strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and strongly disagree comprising score 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, for positive statements and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 for negative statements. The reliability and validity of the scale indicates its consistency and precision of the results. Reliability of the scale was tested using split half method and reliability coefficient was 0.96. This scale can be used to measure farmers’ attitude beyond the study area with suitable modifications.
Attitude, Rapeseed Mustard, Likert's Summated Rating, Reliability, Validity
