The Adaptation of the Individual Entrepreneurship Perception Scale to Secondary School Level

Abstract

This study aimed to adopt a measurement tool with high validity and reliability to determine the entrepreneurship perceptions of middle school students. Within the scope of the study, validity and reliability studies were carried out to adapt the "Individual Entrepreneurship Perception Scale" developed by Yalçın İncik and Uzun (2017) for the sample of middle school students. The study sample comprised 5-8th-grade students in 12 different secondary schools. It consisted of a total of 486 students. Exploratory factor analysis was applied to the data obtained to test the construct validity of the scale. These results showed that the adapted scale has a 4-factor structure. In testing the construct validity, the scores for the upper and lower groups were compared with the independent group t-test. The sub-factors on the scale were named “self-competence”, “planning”, “determination,” and “openness to learning.” The internal coefficient of consistency was determined to be .90 based on reliability analysis on the final state of the scale, which was determined after factor analysis. This study shows that the scale has suitable reliability and validity and can be used especially at the secondary school level.