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Development and Validation of a Farmer’s Focused Digital Literacy Scale: A New Measurement Tool

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Title Development and Validation of a Farmer’s Focused Digital Literacy Scale: A New Measurement Tool
 
Creator Chandra, Saurabh
Kalyan Ghadei
M. Chennamadhava
Waris Ali
 
Subject Agricultural Extension
 
Description The research aimed to develop a tool for assessing the digital literacy of farmers towards ICT-led agriculture in India. The study identified three dimensions namely digital knowledge, attitude, and digital competency, for a farmer-focused digital literacy scale. Digital competency consisted of seven sub-dimensions viz device setup, digital communication and collaboration, digital content creation and sharing, digital safety, problem-solving, digital marketing, and digital payment. The digital literacy scale was developed with Likert scale construction methodology. An overall mean relevancy score of 5.693 was obtained. A pilot study was conducted with 60 farmers in a non-sampled area. The t-value was calculated, and the cutoff value for item selection was set at ≥ 1.75. For assessing internal consistency reliability using the Spearman-Brown formula, a reliability coefficient of 0.850 was found. The calculation of Cronbach's alpha gave a value of 0.743, indicating that the scale shows a high level of consistency in its measurement. The standard farmers-focused digital literacy scale comprised of 30-items and its content validity was determined with expert opinions.
 
Publisher Indian Society of Extension Education, ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
 
Date 2024-04-06
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer reviewed Research Tool
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJEE/article/view/142948
10.48165/IJEE.2024.601RT1
 
Source Indian Journal of Extension Education; Vol. 60 No. 1 (2024): Indian Journal of Extension Education; 111-115
2454-552X
0537-1996
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJEE/article/view/142948/53564
 
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