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Simulation acceptance scale (SAS): A validity and reliability study

Author(s) -

Barış Sezer,

Gülşen Taşdelen Teker,

Tufan Aslı Sezer,

Melih Elçin

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

australasian journal of educational technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.397

H-Index - 48

eISSN - 1449-5554

pISSN - 1449-3098

DOI - 10.14742/ajet.4950

Subject(s) - reliability (semiconductor) , construct validity , exploratory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , variance (accounting) , psychology , context (archaeology) , construct (python library) , validity , applied psychology , technology acceptance model , computer science , psychometrics , usability , clinical psychology , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , accounting , quantum mechanics , human–computer interaction , business , biology , programming language

A review of literature reveals serious problems in the validity and reliability of the measurement tools used in simulation technology acceptance studies conducted in the context of various technology acceptance models. To address this gap in literature, this study proposes a measurement tool that will allow a valid and reliable measurement of students’ acceptance levels. The study was conducted in the 2017–2018 academic year and involved a group of 409 health sciences students. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted to examine the construct validity of the conclusions based on gathered measurements. At the end of the EFA, a construct with a single factor and 24 items which explained 54.87 percent of the total variance was obtained. Based on the findings of the research, it was concluded that simulation acceptance scale produced from the EFA could be used for valid and reliable measurements regarding the general acceptance of simulation technologies by the health sciences students.

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