Development of Alumni and Employer Opinion Survey Instruments for Athletic Training Education Programs

Autor/inn/en	Carr, W. David; Volberding, Jennifer
Titel	Development of Alumni and Employer Opinion Survey Instruments for Athletic Training Education Programs
Quelle	In: Athletic Training Education Journal, 7 (2018) 4, S.166-175 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1947-380X
Schlagwörter	Alumni; Employer Attitudes; Employers; Surveys; Graduate Surveys; Athletics; Allied Health Occupations Education; Test Validity; Test Reliability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitgeberinteresse; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Leichtathletik; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität
Abstract	Context: Measurements of the opinions of alumni and employers are utilized by many athletic training education programs (ATEPs). Information obtained from such measurements can be useful in determining the strengths and weaknesses of a program. Objective: To describe the development of two instruments designed to elicit the opinions of recent athletic training (AT) graduates and employers of AT graduates. The Athletic Training Alumni Opinion Survey (ATAOS) and Athletic Training Employer Opinion Survey (ATEOS). Design and Setting: A critical review of the instruments by groups of recent AT graduates, employers of recent AT graduates, and ATEP directors established validity. To determine reliability, we used a test-retest method in which participants completed the assessment twice. Participants: We solicited recent graduates (n = 121 first completion and n = 52 for second completion) from a random sample of accredited ATEPs across the nation. Participants gave us permission to contact their employers (n = 47 first completion and n = 23 second completion). Data Collection and Analysis: We collected data via Qualtics (Qualtrics, Inc., Provo, UT). For our analysis, we entered test-retest data into SPSS 17 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). For both alumni and employers, we calculated Cronbach's alpha scores for each variable on the first completion set of data and Pearson product correlations between the first completion and second completion data set for each variable. Results: Cronbach's alpha scores for both the ATAOS (a = 0.820) and ATEOS (a = 0.971) instruments were high. Correlation values for each variable were moderate to high except for one variable within the ATAOS instrument (Importance of Advising) and one variable within the ATEOS instrument (Foundation Professional Behavior of Legal Practice). Conclusions: We have developed a valid and reliable set of instruments that we hope all accredited ATEPs use as part of their overall assessment system. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01