Document Type : Original article
Authors
1 PhD student in Linguistics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Professor of Speech Therapy, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3 Associate Professor of Linguistics, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.
4 Assistant Professor of Speech Therapy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Tabriz, Iran.
Abstract
Aim: The present study aims to translate and determine the validity and reliability of the Annette's Handedness Test according to the language and culture of the Turkish people of Azerbaijan. Method: initially the twelve items of the test were translated and or their equivalents were made according to the language and culture of the Turkish people. Two qualitative (CVR) and quantitative (CVI) indexes were used for the determination of content validity of the translated and made options in which the expert panel was concluded 20 Turkish linguists and psychologists. Based on this, according to the Lawshe’s Sampling Decision Table (Hajizadeh, 2011) options higher than 0.42 were selected for CVR content validity and options higher than 0.79 for CVI content validity.Findings: The Turkish version of the made test was performed on 2654 person and 663 of them were retested (ICC=0.99). Internal consistency analysis (Cronbach’s alpha) showed that the validity of the entire test options was above 0.99 and the results showed that 90.69% of participants were right-handed, 8.25% left-handed and 1.05% two-handed.Conclusion: the Turkish version of the test has suitable reliability and validity.
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