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A skill test for farm women: curd making.
The Journal of Psychology
|February 18, 1999
Summary
A new test accurately measures farm women's curd-making skills, essential for quality yoghurt production. This skill involves over 10 sequential steps, validated by expert scoring and reliability testing.
Area of Science:
- Home economics
- Skill assessment
- Food science
Background:
- Curd (yoghurt) production is a complex skill requiring over 10 sequential steps.
- Assessing the psychomotor skills of farm women in food preparation is crucial for quality control.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a test for measuring farm women's skills in making good quality curd (yoghurt).
Main Methods:
- A systematic list of sequential steps for curd making was developed.
- 27 experts scored each step on importance and difficulty.
- Psychomotor variable measurement procedures were adapted.
Main Results:
- The developed test demonstrated high reliability (0.94) and validity (0.96).
- Expert scoring provided a pooled score for each identified step.
- Steps were clearly identifiable, observable, and mutually exclusive.
Conclusions:
- The new test is a reliable and valid tool for assessing curd-making competence in farm women.
- This assessment can contribute to improving yoghurt quality and standardization.