Questionnaire on determinants for the choice of degree in Education Studies. Design and validation
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https://doi.org/10.5944/reop.vol.36.num.1.2025.45095Keywords:
choice of studies, higher education, questionnaire, decision making, factor analysisAbstract
Research on the motivations that lead students to decide on which studies to pursue is an interesting challenge at the university stage. The main objective of this article is to present the design and validation process of an instrument aimed at identifying the determinants involved in the choice of education careers. The design of the Questionnaire on Determinants for the Choice of University Degree (CDEGU, in Spanish) was developed in three phases: i) preparation of the questionnaire after reviewing the literature, pilot test and validation; ii) content evaluation using the Delphi method by expert judges based on the criteria of relevance, coherence, clarity and sufficiency. In addition, carrying out a qualitative assessment in order to improve the instrument, and carrying out a pilot test; iii) finally, it was administered to 723 students of the Faculty of Education of the University of Murcia and the responses were computerized using the statistical program SPSS Statistics 27, to carry out content validity analyses (inter-judge agreement), construct (confirmatory factor analysis) and reliability (Cronbach's alpha). The results show that the instrument meets the technical requirements of validity and reliability. In conclusion, the designed questionnaire is useful and reliable to identify the determinants that influence students’ choice of university degrees in education, therefore, it can be recommended to be used in conditions similar to those in which it has been administered.
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