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New Water Culture versus the Traditional Design and Validation of a Questionnaire to Discriminate between Both

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  • Alicia Benarroch

    (Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y del Deporte de Melilla, Universidad de Granada, 52071 Melilla, Spain)

  • María Rodríguez-Serrano

    (Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y del Deporte de Melilla, Universidad de Granada, 52071 Melilla, Spain)

  • Alejandra Ramírez-Segado

    (Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y del Deporte de Melilla, Universidad de Granada, 52071 Melilla, Spain)

Abstract

This article addresses the process of designing and validating a questionnaire on the New Water Culture, which aims to collect information on various issues related to water, such as its management, savings, and consumption. The questionnaire was subjected to a double validation process: an evaluation by a panel of experts, including members of the New Water Culture Foundation, and a pilot study, which allowed us to estimate the validation of the content as well as the corresponding internal consistency of the questionnaire. The construction and validation process resulted in a questionnaire consisting of 27 items with a total of 71 variables distributed in four sections: the first is related to scarcity, quantity, and distribution of water; the second collects questions about the different dimensions of water; the third analyses the different ways of carrying out water management; and the fourth and last section is related to personal actions associated with water. The reliability study showed a Cronbach alpha of 0.913, which demonstrates the development of a robust and reliable instrument allowing the identification of the most problematic issues associated with the New Water Culture.

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  • Alicia Benarroch & María Rodríguez-Serrano & Alejandra Ramírez-Segado, 2021. "New Water Culture versus the Traditional Design and Validation of a Questionnaire to Discriminate between Both," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-19, February.
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    1. Alejandra Ramírez-Segado & María Rodríguez-Serrano & Freddy Enrique Castro-Velásquez & Alicia Benarroch Benarroch, 2023. "Knowledge of Trainee Teachers about the New Water Culture: A Comparative Study between Two Spanish Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-17, September.

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