Statisticalana lysi,s: Total scores need to be, computed for each statement for all

persons based on the scoring procedure. Further statistical analysts of the scores are
. • to be carrted out by calculating mean of all the scores obtained from each group for
each statement. On basis of the m an, a compa on among the groups ls to bedrawn.
:. , 00 Results and interpretation: After construction, administratton and analysts of the
attitude scale, the responses are to be sed tQ draw inference.

.3. A SAMPLE PROJECT WORK ON ATTITUDE

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GfJ General Problem: On Attitude

Specific Prob..lem: To co.nstruct a""n attitude scale to·rneas .re and ompare the
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attitude of two groups (boys and girls) towards marriage.
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' Basic Concept: Attitude is simply an opinion of a person towards any object, event
. or person. His/her behaviour is determined based on the attitude. A person or agroup
of people either have positive view or negative view towards the target object, event
or person. People may also have ambivalent or neutral view towards it.
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4 Preliminaries: 2 groups of ra domly selected 10 boys and 10 girls. .

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Age: 1 7- 18 years , · o ate of ,Study: DD-MM-YYYY

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Education: Studying in class XII Time t udy:xx-µ ,AM/PM

Condition: Fresh and cooperative o.f
5 Materials Required: Pen, pencil, paper, ruler, ijnd. information through magazines,
books, internet or persons (in order to construct statement)s.
6 Plan of Work:

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indicate positivea ttitudeand half need to indicate negative attitude towards marriage).
th 5-point scale-A to E, where, A o.enotes 'StronglyAgree', B denptes 'Partially Agree', C denotes 'Und

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ticipants to be conducted (Interview questions to be decided by the students). This interview has to be
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.Step-I: The scores of all the participants for each statement are
calculated based on the scoring procedure.· ·
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I II: Summation of all score.s of th·e·s·ta temen ts participants of the of
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Step- I II: Calculation of mein from each summate d·scores

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Comp?rison 9f attitudin l perspective of twgroups by
comparing their mean of scores of all the statements.

Instructions _tot he articipants or Subjects (each group member}:· P lease sit

comfortably a_nd pay attention to my instruction. I shall presenta list of 10
statements regarding marriage. Please go through them carefully and puta tick
against the suitable option with which you agree. Ask me. if you have any
inconvenience.·
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; QUESTIONNAIRE TO BE ADMINISTERED ON THE

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any one of the five options against each statement, where A­'Stron ly Agree', B-'Partially Agree·, C- 'U
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-ACCO INGTO Y.9UR VIEW
1. Marriage is the foundation of family life. A B C D E
2. Marriage interferes with the freedom of A B C D E
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- .. 3. Happily married couples are always successful. A B C D E

4. Married couples loose motivation for success A B C D E
in career.
•r " 5. Marriage is more important than the career. - A B C D E
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6. arriage is the source fo.r quarrels and A B C D E
domestic violence.
, I -: 7. Human life is incomplete without marriage. A B C D E
8. The success of marriage is always .A B E
unpredictable.
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9. Marriage is the root of a healthy socie y. A B C D E

10.. Ma.rria.ge. brings unnecessary responsibility
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and fmanc1al pressure.
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Scoring Procedure· The s , , fh
below- · conngo t e statements in the 5-point scale is illustrated

Positive Statements: 1 / 3 / s; 7 ; 9
Negative Statements: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10
The maximum score for each statement ls s. So, the maximum total score of all the
statements ls 50. Since there are 10 students ln each group, mean of maxt um
posstble score ls S (S0/10=5). ·
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The minimum score for each statement ls 1. So, the minimum total score of all the
statements is 10 and mean of minimum possible score ls 1. ..!
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Mean score for each statement = (Mean of maximum possible score +

Mean of minimum possible score)/2
So, the mean score for each statement ls 3 {(5+1) /2).
lf an lndivldual·scores above the mean value of 3, it indicates favourable attitude
towards the topic (Marrtage).
If an individual scores below the mean value (3), it indicates unfavourable attitude
towards the topic (Marrtage). I

[I] Data and Statistici;tl Analysis:

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BC2 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 .l 18 1.8
C D A C C D BD D B 26 2.6
3 2 5 3 3 2 2 1 3 2
A B B A B C A 18 1.8
1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 1
D C D D C A D 24 2.4
2 3 2 2 3 5 2 1 1 3
A B B C B B A 18 1.8
1 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 2
D D E C C D D 23 2.3
2 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 4 3
A A B C A BA 15 15
1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2
gED C E 19 1.9
3 3 1 2 2 2
10AB A A 19 1.9
3 1 2 3 3
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E C D D 1 1
B C A
CC 1 2 1 2 1

Group Mean =(3.2+ 1.8+2.6+1.8+2.4+1.8+2.3+1.5+1.9+1.9)/10 =21.2/10 = 2.12

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1 A B A A B C A C A B 5 4 5 5 4 3 5 3 54 43 4 .3
3 2 E D D E D C D C E E 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 5 42 4.2
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3 B B A B B A B A C B 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 42 4.2
4 E E D E D D D D CE 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 43 4.3
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5 B B A B C AB A A C 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 5 5 3 42 4.2
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4 5 6 E D D D E D D D E E 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 44 4.4
5 5 5 7 B B A C B A B A A A 4 4 5 3 4 5 4 ' ' . 44 - 4.4
5 8 E E E D E D D E E D 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 46 4.6
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9 A A C B A B A B A A 5 5 3 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 45 4.5
,;. 10 , E E D D E E D D D C 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 43 4.3

Group Mean =(4.3+4.2 +4 .2 +4.3 +4.2+4 .4+4 .4+4.6 +4 .5+4.3)/10 = 43.4/10 = 4.34
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of students (10 boys and 10 girls), the mean of all th statements are calculated.
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boys and 4.34 for the group of girls. The results indicate that the mean value for the
, group of boys is below the mean value of 3 of all the sta_tem en ts. This indicat s that
the boys have unfavourable attitude towards marriage..While the girls' mean value
is above the mean value of 3. This indicates that the girls have a favourable attitude
towards marriage.

Con lusion:
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the basis of he present study, it can be concluded that girls have
more favourable attitude towards marriage tha the boys. 1
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