Analysis of construct validity and reliability of two instruments to evaluate professional oriented activities

Abstract

An analysis of the construct validity and reliability of a questionnaire to evaluate a professions day, as well as a rubric to evaluate the career exhibitions were carried out. The analysis of construct validity was carried out by an exploratory factor analysis and reliability through Cronbach's alpha. The questionnaire showed that only 53% of its items had significant factorial loads (CF>0.65), which were represented in three dimensions (Degree of satisfaction with the characteristics of the career, Degree of satisfaction with the faculty and Recommendation of FIME and the career) of the five we initially proposed. For the rubric, the results corresponded to what we theoretically proposed. The reliability of both instruments was adequate (Cronbach's Alpha: 0.907 and 0.908). We can conclude that the analysis allowed us to refine and improve the instruments; however, the limitation of the present study relates to the sample size, leading to results that cannot be considered as conclusive ones. Implications of the study for career guidance are provided.