Analysis of Reliability amd Validity of 8 Multiple Intelligences Questionnaire Author:TZU-CHIN REJOICE CHOU
Research Article
The aim of this study was to examine Gradner’s 8 multiple intelligences and to identify its applicability in Taiwan. The questionnaire, based on the collective work of Pérez, Beltramino & Cupani (2003), sampled subjects from the age group of 16-20 in Taiwan (same age population as Pérez et al., 2005) and tested the existence and applicability of relevant intelligence constructs. The important findings were as follows: (a) The Cronbach’s αfor all intellengences exceeded .9 (n=1449), and the correlation coefficients between every two intelligences were all significant (p < 0001), indicating that this questionnaire has high consistency and reliability; (b) There were 8 factors extracted and 69 items retained after the tests of 5 criteria and EFA; (c) For examination of contruct validity, the number of items had been reduced to 52 through CFA. The aforementioned finding demonstrates that the 8 multiple intelligences questionnaire is applicable in Taiwan.