Construction of Knowledge Test on Large Cardamom Cultivation Practices in Arunachal Pradesh
Bai Koyu *
School of Social Sciences, College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences, Central Agricultural University, Meghalaya, 793103, India.
Rajkumar Josmee Singh
School of Social Sciences, College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences, Central Agricultural University, Meghalaya, 793103, India.
L. Devarani
School of Social Sciences, College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences, Central Agricultural University, Meghalaya, 793103, India.
Ram Singh
School of Social Sciences, College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences, Central Agricultural University, Meghalaya, 793103, India.
L. Hemochandra
School of Social Sciences, College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences, Central Agricultural University, Meghalaya, 793103, India.
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Abstract
The knowledge test was developed to measure the knowledge of large cardamom growers. All 32 items were primarily fabricated on the basis of indorsing rational rather than root memorization and discriminate the sound knowledgeable large cardamom growers from the ailing knowledgeable ones.The scores from selected respondents were subjected to item analysis, consisting of item difficulty index and item discrimination index.In the final selection, the scale consisted of 17 items with ranging from 30-80 and discrimination index ranging from 0.30 to 0.55. The reliability of knowledge test being developed was tested by using Split-Half method and it was found to be 0.704.
Keywords: Knowledge test, large cardamom growers, difficulty index, discrimination index, reliability