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Makale Özeti:
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The main purpose of this study, to determine the attitude to absenteeism among university
students, is to develop a measurement tool with a high degree of validity and reliability. Data were
collected from 1691 students (239 for pre-application 702 for EFA, 750 for CFA) for psychometric
properties of the AAS (Absenteeism Attitude Scale) which developed the scope of the research. For
selection of students in the research group, a maximum diversity sampling method was used. As a result
of the analysis, the AAS (19-item) was found to have a three-dimensional structure with seven
components. These dimensions were; Neccesity, Obligation, and Responsibility. According to the results
of EFA, explained variance of the AAS was 53.97%. In the analysis for the three factors; it was observed
that the first factor’s contribution to the common variance was 18.51%, the second’s was 17.88%, and the
third’s was 17.58%. On the other hand according to the results of second-order CFA, the goodness of fit
index of the model was found to be high (RMSEA: 0.06 SRMR: 0.046, AGFI:0.91, NFI: 0.97, CFI: 0.98).
The Cronbach alpha value for the reliability of the AAS was found to be .91 and the Guttman Split Half
value was found to be .88.
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