The construction and validation of a scale for the evaluation of the capitals of Volleyball clubs in Iran

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to construct and validate a scale to determine the economic value of volleyball clubs in Iran. The statistical population of the study consisted of two qualitative sections including faculty members and managers (47 people). In the quantitative section, they included faculty members of sport and economics management, athletes, coaches, managers and experts and knowledgeable experts on economic valuation (N=400 people). Based on Morgan Table and through stratified-random sampling 196 participants were selected for the study. Regarding the fact that some of the questionnaires may be filled incompletely, 300 questionnaires were distributed and finally 234 questionnaires were analyzed. The questionnaire included 76 items concerned with the criteria for the evaluation of volleyball clubs and it included factors like human capital, communication capital, structural capital, and moral capital using a likert scale. Professors specializing in sports management and economics confirmed the face validity and content validity of the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, Cronbach Alpha, Bartlet test, and confirmatory factor analysis were used to describe the data, determine reliability, specify the adequacy of the sample and determine the validity of the instrument respectively. The results showed that the scale enjoyed a reliability of 0.966. Also, confirmatory factor analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between the questionnaire items and the factors. In addition the goodness of fit indices were as follows: x/df=0.891, RMSEA=0.021, NFI=0.988, AGFI=0.982, GFI=0.990, IFI=0.989, CFI=0.990. Totally, the results showed that all the factors were good Predictors of the economic evaluation of the capitals of volleyball clubs and the internal and external validity of the instrument were confirmed.