Validity And Reliability of Scale of Needs and Problems of Junior High and High School Students

Abstract

The scale of needs and scale of problems of Junior High School and Senior High School students are important instruments in the preparation of programs and practices of guidance and counseling services in schools. The use of valid and reliable scales of needs and scales of problems of students greatly determines the accuracy of student data obtained in the implementation of the needs assessment program carried out by guidance and counseling teachers. This study aims to develop a scale of needs and scale of problems of students that meet the criteria of content validity and Alpha Cronbach reliability. The results of this study are expected to contribute to increasing the availability of valid and reliable data collection instruments for Junior High School and Senior High School students. The results of the validity and reliability tests in this study indicate that the scale of Junior High School and Senior High School students' needs consisting of 22 items, and the scale of Junior High School and Senior High School students' problems consisting of 26 items, both meet the content validity criteria with the highest correlation coefficient value of 0.766 and the lowest of 0.202, and meet the Alpha Cronbach reliability criteria with a reliability coefficient value on the scale of Junior High School and Senior High School students' needs of 0.850 (good category), and an Alpha Cronbach reliability coefficient value on the scale of Junior High School and Senior High School students' problems of 0.818 (good category).