Construction of a test to Measure Emotional Quotient in Accordance with the Buddhist principles 0f 7 Sappurisadhamma for students Matthayom Sueksa 1 - 3

Abstract

The purpose of this research is concerned with the construction of a test measuring emotional quotient with the Buddhist principles of 7 Sappurisadhamma for Matthayom Sueksa 1 -3. Also developed is a norm for interpreting the results of this test in the form of a normal T- score. The sample population was comprised of 968 Matthayom Sueksa 1 – 3 in school under the supervision of the office of the Basic Education commission of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The sample population was gathered by Multiple random sampling. The research tool consisted of the test, using the Delphi technique comprising eighty-four questions. The findings are as follows : The test to measure emotional quotient had an accuracy of content with an agreement value ranging from 0.50 to 1.00. The discriminatory power for each item found by the t-test . The t- ratio was between 2.02 to 8.19. The reliability level of the test using the alpha coefficient had a reliability level for the whole test at the level of 0.92. The whole model had a normal T- score ranging from T18 to T82.