 The development and validation of an academic, work health sciences, and community intentions scale for out-of-school-time (OST) participantsSherron Benson McKendall, Alan McKendall and Ann Chester Evaluation and Program Planning, 2023, vol. 96, issue C Abstract: This study applies Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) to examine the internal structure and reliability of an academic, work, and community intentions scale for a cohort of out-of-school-time (OST) academic/STEM enrichment program participants (N = 533). This study utilizes the SPSS and SAS statistical software packages for comparative analysis. Both provide evidence of a three-factor model for intentions--Academic, Work/Health Science, and Community (i.e., the AWHSCI). The ordinal Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients were excellent or good. Non-parametric tools were employed to determine differences in participants’ academic, work/health science, and community intentions by race and gender. Keywords: Out-of-school-time (OST) programs; Community-based organizations (CBO); Higher education partnerships; STEM; Underprivileged students; Exploratory factor analysis (EFA); Academic intentions; Health Sciences/Work intentions; Community intentions (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:epplan:v:96:y:2023:i:c:s0149718922001446 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102190 Access Statistics for this article Evaluation and Program Planning is currently edited by Jonathan A. Morell More articles in Evaluation and Program Planning from Elsevier |
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