The Psychometric Properties Of The Agricultural Hazardous Occupations Order Certification Training Program Written Examinations | Zendy

Brian F. French | Zendy; Daniel H. Breidenbach | Zendy; William E. Field | Zendy; Roger Tormoehlen | Zendy

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The Psychometric Properties Of The Agricultural Hazardous Occupations Order Certification Training Program Written Examinations

Author(s) -

Brian F. French,

Daniel H. Breidenbach,

William E. Field,

Roger Tormoehlen

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of agricultural education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2162-5212

pISSN - 1042-0541

DOI - 10.5032/jae.2007.04011

Subject(s) - certification , confirmatory factor analysis , curriculum , medical education , psychology , agricultural education , agriculture , population , reliability (semiconductor) , sample (material) , hazardous waste , cronbach's alpha , applied psychology , psychometrics , engineering , environmental health , pedagogy , statistics , clinical psychology , medicine , structural equation modeling , mathematics , management , geography , waste management , archaeology , economics , chemistry , power (physics) , chromatography , quantum mechanics , physics

The written certification exam that accompanies the Gearing Up for Safety-Agricultural Production Safety Training for Youth curriculum was designed to partially meet the testing requirements of the Agricultural Hazardous Occupations Order (AgHOs) Certification Training Program. This curriculum and accompanying assessment tools are available for national implementation. Psychometric properties of the exam were examined based on a sample of highschool agricultural education students, who were consistent with the population of youth for which the AgHOs were designed to protect from certain workplace hazards. The analyses included evaluation of score reliability (i.e., internal consistency) and the theoretical structure of the exam via confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability estimates were satisfactory. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the preferred theoretical model had adequate fit. Implications and future directions are discussed.

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