TITLE:
Issues in Measuring Generic Skills Using Self-Administered Questionnaire in a Community College in Hong Kong
AUTHORS:
Wai Tung Ho, Joseph Chi Ho So
KEYWORDS:
Generic Skills, Fatigue Effect, Reliability, Questionnaire
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.3 No.7,
July
27,
2016
ABSTRACT: In this study, we evaluate the reliability and validity of
Self-Assessment of All-Round Development (SAARD) Questionnaire developed by The
Hong Kong Polytechnic University when applied to two cohorts of students in
Hong Kong Community College. Despite of the drastic changes in the educational
system in Hong Kong, the SAARD questionnaire can still maintain a similar level
of reliability as compared to the pilot study carried out a decade ago.
However, this study reveals that there are too many items in the questionnaire
and fatigue effect is affecting the reliability of items near the end of the
survey. In addition, three of the items in the questionnaire have extremely
large variations, implying potential problems in the wording of questions
corresponding to these items. Remedies are also proposed in this study to
alleviate the problems identified in the SAARD questionnaire.