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<p>To revise the Chinese version of Planned Happenstance Career Inventory (PHCI), a total of 1161 college students were recruited in the study, among whom 327 were used for item analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA), 568 for further confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and internal consistency reliability analysis, and 266 were retested after a four-week interval for test-retest reliability analysis. Occupational Development Contingency Scale (ODCS), CAAS-China were chosen as the criterion-related indication. The scale consisted of 20 items, and the EFA produced five factors, which accumulatively explained the variance of total variance by 58.15%. The CFA showed that the 5-factor model fits well. The internal consistency reliability of sample measurement was 0.862, retest reliability coefficients was 0.871, and the split-half reliability coefficients was 0.733. The Chinese version of PHCI has acceptable reliability and validity and can be used to measure career planning for Chinese college students.</p>
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To revise the Chinese version of Planned Happenstance Career Inventory (PHCI), a total of 1161 college students were recruited in the study, among whom 327 were used for item analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA), 568 for further confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and internal consistency reliability analysis, and 266 were retested after a four-week interval for test-retest reliability analysis. Occupational Development Contingency Scale (ODCS), CAAS-China were chosen as the criterion-related indication. The scale consisted of 20 items, and the EFA produced five factors, which accumulatively explained the variance of total variance by 58.15%. The CFA showed that the 5-factor model fits well. The internal consistency reliability of sample measurement was 0.862, retest reliability coefficients was 0.871, and the split-half reliability coefficients was 0.733. The Chinese version of PHCI has acceptable reliability and validity and can be used to measure career planning for Chinese college students.

Validity and reliability analysis of the Chinese version of planned happenstance career inventory based on mathematical statistics

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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To revise the Chinese version of Planned Happenstance Career Inventory (PHCI), a total of 1161 college students were recruited in the study, among whom 327...

Validity and reliability analysis of the Chinese version of planned happenstance career inventory based on mathematical statistics

Published Online: May 20, 2022

Page range: 913 - 920

Received: Aug 24, 2021

Accepted: Dec 06, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2021.2.00175

Keywords
planned happenstance, validity and reliability, career, mathematical statistics

© 2021 Shoujing Si et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Validity and reliability analysis of the Chinese version of planned happenstance career inventory based on mathematical statistics

Published Online: May 20, 2022

Page range: 913 - 920

Received: Aug 24, 2021

Accepted: Dec 06, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2021.2.00175

Keywordsplanned happenstance, validity and reliability, career, mathematical statistics

© 2021 Shoujing Si et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
planned happenstance, validity and reliability, career, mathematical statistics