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Validation of Awareness of Thermal Performance of Earth and its Sustainable Benefit Assessment Scale
Abstract
This objective of the study is to assess the validity of the Awareness of Thermal Performance of
Earth and Sustainable Benefit Assessment Scale (ATESBAS). A cross-sectional survey design was
adopted with a 50 selected samples from the northwestern part of Nigeria. The instruments
contained 20 items spread among the 2 constructs of Benefits of Compressed Earth Brick and
Application of compressed earth brick. The data collected were entered into Microsoft Excel 2019,
and SPSS 25 was used for the analysis. The scale was evaluated through content validity with
experts and Reliability with Cronbach’s Alpha technique. The results indicated that the scale has
substantial content validity and acceptable reliability values of 0.80 (Benefits of Compressed Earth
Brick) and 0.84 (Application of compressed Earth Brick). However, one item overall failed to satisfy
the condition to be certified as valid and thus, entirely removed from the scale (Application of
Compressed Earth Brick). Accordingly, with the satisfaction of measurement requirements by 63
items, it concluded that the developed ATESBAS validated in this study can be used to investigate
the awareness of the thermal performance of earth as a wall material and sustainable benefit,
among professional architects in North-western Nigeria.
Paper Details
PaperID: 1733
Author's Name: Sanusi Sani Maimagani, Roshida Binti Abdul Majid and Leng Pau Chung
Volume: Volume 11
Issues: Volume 11
Keywords: Compressed Earth Brick, Thermal Performance, Validity of Awareness.
Year: 2021
Month: April
Pages: 1015-1023