Volume : 3, Issue : 1, January - 2014

Construction of Knowledge Test to Measure the Knowledge of Agriculture Officers on IPM, INM and IWM Practices

Srinivas. A, V. Sudha Rani, P. Archana

Abstract :

Due to the non-availability of a standardized scale to measure farmer’s the Knowledge of Agriculture officers on IPM, INM and IWM Practices, it was thought necessary to construct a test for the purpose and an attempt has been made to develop a test for measuring Knowledge of Agriculture officers on IPM, INM and IWM Practices. Pertinent items were collected covering all aspects of IPM, INM and IWM Practices. After getting jury opinion on the items of test index of item difficulty, index of item discrimination and index of item validity were worked out. To administer the knowledge test a respondent is given one mark for each correct answer and zero mark for each wrong answer. Twenty eight statements were finally selected from 46 statements.