Individual Innovativeness Scale (IS): The study of adaptation to Turkish, validity and reliability [Bi·reysel Yeni·li·kçi·li·k Ölç egi· (BYÖ): Türkçeye uyarlama, geçerli·k ve güveni·rli·k çalişmasi]

Abstract

The aim of this study is to adapt the Innovativeness Scale which developed H. Thomas Hurt and others in 1977 to Turkish. In the light of results the adapted scale, that validity and reliability studies were carried out on 343 undergraduate students, was made up 20 items. That scale was yielded four factors and its structures of the factors were valid. It is found that adapted scales' internal reliability co-efficient was 0.82 and test-retest reliability co-efficient was 0.87. Hence this adapted scale is suitable for Turkish academic studies related to innovativeness and its derivatives.