Turkish Adaptation of the Mentorship Effectiveness Scale: A validity and Reliability Study

Ramazan Yirci; Turgut Karakose; Harun Uygun; Tuncay Yavuz Ozdemir

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2016.1440a

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Ramazan Yirci ¹ ^* , Turgut Karakose ², Harun Uygun ³, Tuncay Yavuz Ozdemir ⁴

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¹ Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, TURKEY² Dumlupinar University, TURKEY³ Mersus Group, TURKEY⁴ Firat University, Faculty of Education, TURKEY^* Corresponding Author

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The purpose of this study is to adapt the Mentoring Relationship Effectiveness Scale to Turkish, and to conduct validity and reliability tests regarding the scale. The study group consisted of 156 university science students receiving graduate education. Construct validity and factor structure of the scale was analyzed first through exploratory factor analysis, then with confirmatory factor analysis. One item was deleted from the scale after the exploratory factor analysis and the scale was observed in its original one dimensional form. The confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the one dimensional model of the scale was acceptable. Reliability of the scale was examined with test-retest and internal consistency (Cronbach Alpha) methods. The internal consistency coefficient for the whole scale was 0.936. The reliability coefficient for the test-retest, which was carried out two weeks apart, was 0.89. The findings suggest that Mentoring Relationship Effectiveness Scale is sufficiently reliable and valid for science education of graduate students.

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mentorship
graduate student
science education
validity
reliability

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 12, Issue 4, April 2016, 821-832

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Yirci, R., Karakose, T., Uygun, H., & Ozdemir, T. Y. (2016). Turkish Adaptation of the Mentorship Effectiveness Scale: A validity and Reliability Study. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 12(4), 821-832. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1440a

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Yirci R, Karakose T, Uygun H, Ozdemir TY. Turkish Adaptation of the Mentorship Effectiveness Scale: A validity and Reliability Study. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2016;12(4):821-32. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1440a

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Yirci R, Karakose T, Uygun H, Ozdemir TY. Turkish Adaptation of the Mentorship Effectiveness Scale: A validity and Reliability Study. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2016;12(4), 821-832. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1440a

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Yirci, Ramazan, Turgut Karakose, Harun Uygun, and Tuncay Yavuz Ozdemir. "Turkish Adaptation of the Mentorship Effectiveness Scale: A validity and Reliability Study". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2016 12 no. 4 (2016): 821-832. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1440a

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Yirci, R., Karakose, T., Uygun, H., and Ozdemir, T. Y. (2016). Turkish Adaptation of the Mentorship Effectiveness Scale: A validity and Reliability Study. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 12(4), pp. 821-832. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1440a

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Yirci, Ramazan et al. "Turkish Adaptation of the Mentorship Effectiveness Scale: A validity and Reliability Study". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 12, no. 4, 2016, pp. 821-832. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1440a