Development and Standardization of Attitude Scale of Women towards Kitchen Gardening

The study was conducted to develop and standardize the reliable and valid scale, to measure attitude of women towards kitchen gardening. Appropriate statistical methods ‘scale product method’ was used, which combines Thurston and Likert techniques. Twenty one statements were selected for judgment; a panel of 50 judges was requested to assign the score for each statement on five point continuum. Based on the scale (median) and Q values, eleven statements were finally selected to constitute attitude of women towards kitchen gardening.