ISSN 2329-9843
International Journal of Educational Research and Reviews ISSN 2329-9843 Vol. 3 (9), pp. 541-554, November, 2015. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Scientific processes for the progress and validation of academic-success barrier battery
*Funmilayo A. O, Chuba Ekwueme and E. K. Ifeanyichukwu
Department of Guidance and Counselling, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria. E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 19 June, 2015
Abstract
The paper discussed the scientific processes for the development and validation of the Academic-Success Barrier Battery (ASB2) for measuring and remediating students’ self created obstacles to their academic-success. The sample for the study was 1,200 randomly selected secondary school-going adolescents in Nigeria, comprising males and females. Their ages ranged between 12 and 21years, with a mean of 16.5years. The internal consistency for the 14 subscales ranged between .6600 and .8770, while the Cronbach alpha (α) was between .7709 and .9317 for the subscales; and the coefficient of the full scale was .7975. The significant inter-factor correlation coefficient obtained attested to the construct validity of the scales. The relevance of the inventory to psychologists, school counselors, all kinds of researchers and other stakeholders were discussed.
Key words: Academic-Success, battery, reliability, validity, internal consistency.