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Call to publish scientific articles that will be received between June 20 and November 20, 2019, referring to:

University Pedagogy: With topics such as public policies in higher education, legislative system and reforms, academic programs, comparative policies, massification processes, quality assurance, legal professions, and others in higher education as a general field, referring to the Chilean and international context .

Didactics of Law: With topics whose centrality is related to processes of innovation, learning, curriculum, innovations, teaching experiences, students and teachers characterization , among others in legal education in the Chilean and international context.

Ethical and citation standards (Chicago-deusto) must be taken care of, in addition to the originality of the research or innovation.

Validation of the instrument of measurement to a national characterization of law students

Authors

  • María Francisca Elgueta Rosas Universidad de Chile
  • Francisco Zamorano Figueroa Universidad de Chile

Abstract

This paper shows the methodological path of authors in order to create the questionnaire used in the first National Survey of Characterization of Law Students in Chile. In the text, it implies procedures which allowed giving validity and reliability to the measurement instrument. Finally, statistical analyses are shown in order to measure the internal consistency of scales devoted to measure complex concept within questionnaire.

Keywords:

National Survey of Characterization of Law Students, validity, reliability

Author Biographies

María Francisca Elgueta Rosas, Universidad de Chile

Investigadora. Universidad de Chile

Francisco Zamorano Figueroa, Universidad de Chile

Investigador. Universidad de Chile