Validation and Standardization of Moral Judgment Scale among Students in Senior Secondary School in Orhionmwon Local Government, Edo State, Nigeria

Joseph Obiajuru¹ , Richard Irikefe Okorordudu² , E.E. Ebenuwa-okoh³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.9 , Issue.9 , pp.36-40, Sep-2023

Online published on Sep 30, 2023

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Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to validate and standardize the moral judgment scale among students in senior secondary school in Orhionmwon Local Government, Edo State Nigeria. This study adopted a descriptive research design. A sample of fifty (50) participants was used in the study. The instrument titled Moral Judgment Scale was a 12-item scale. The instrument was validated through expert judgment and factor analysis. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Rotation Method, Varimax with Kaiser Normalization, and descriptive were used to analyze the data collected from the field. The study revealed a five-factor structure that accounted for content validity. Such as FI (Honesty) = 16.01%, F2 (Impression management) = 13.98%, F3 (integrity) = 13.66%, F4 (authority) = 11.99%, and F5 (responsibility) = 10.27. The study revealed a total variance of 65.85%. The factor loaded between .45 and .87. The study further revealed a Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of .61. The study concluded that the moral judgment scale had a good measure of content and construct validity as well as a good measure of internal consistency. Therefore, the researchers recommend that, to resolve adolescent students` moral problems this scale should be used to obtain data from students because it effectively meets the criteria for standardization of an instrument.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Moral Judgment, Content Validity, Constructs Validity, and Reliability

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