judgment and decision making2019Vol. 14pp. 364-372
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demiraslancevik2019validationjudgment
Abstract
The objective of
this study was to adapt the Pre-Adolescent Decision-Making Competence Test to
Turkish, which was originally developed in English by Weller, Levin, Rose and
Bossard (2012) for assessing decision-making competence of children between the
ages of 9 and 14. For this purpose; a) the test and instructions were
translated into Turkish, b) the Turkish test was administered to a group of 398
students as a pilot, c) retest was administered to a group of 97 students, and
finally, d) a group of 382 students was subject to a norm study. The
Confirmatory Factor Analysis model created by the data of the pilot
administration was well adapted, and one-factor model was verified for
construct validity. As the construct of the test was altered, a Confirmatory
Factor Analysis was performed on the data obtained from the norm study. A
construct similar to that acquired from the data of the first test
administration and the results obtained have even relatively better fit
indices. Although the reliability values were less than what was expected,
Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient of internal consistency was similar to the results
obtained from the original test.