Open AccessDeterminants of transgender job satisfaction: Measuring the validity and reliability of the constructs
Author(s) -
Adnan Yousuf,
Naveed R. Khan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of history and social sciences/the journal of history and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-0187
pISSN - 2221-6804
DOI - 10.46422/jhss.v9i1.76
Subject(s) - construct validity , psychology , face validity , discriminant validity , content validity , reliability (semiconductor) , criterion validity , validity , convergent validity , social psychology , scale (ratio) , statistics , applied psychology , psychometrics , mathematics , developmental psychology , internal consistency , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
The purpose of this study is to establish as well as examine the validity and reliability of the instrument to measure the perception of working transgender job satisfaction. The instrument was adopted and adapted from the authentic sources and was distributed among 48 working transgender. The content and face validity was analyzed by experts of field and internal construct validity was measured. The reliability of instrument was measured by internal consistent reliability through alpha coefficient along with intra-class correlation coefficients. Construct validity was measured by analyzing convergent and discriminant validity. Moreover, criterion-related validity was measured through correlation coefficients and internal construct validity was also analyzed by inter-item correlations and co- variances. The inter-item correlation for the variables used in the study shows each item of the study correlates to all other items. All the items correlate with one another, though there are some lower values as well representing that those items have low correlation with each other but are considered acceptable. Statistical analysis suggested that test measures for constructs are reliable with the researchers’ comprehension of the nature of factors. All items met the level of acceptability. Hence the results suggested that adapted instrument is valid and reliable in context of the social lab selected in Pakistan and a large scale analysis can be done though this instrument.