TITLE:
An Empirical Analysis of the Training Program Characteristics on Training Program Effectiveness: A Case Study with Reference to International Agricultural Research Institute, Hyderabad
AUTHORS:
Kanaka Durga Veera Prasad, Rajesh Waman Vaidya, Vemula Anil Kumar
KEYWORDS:
Training, Cronbach Alpha, Spearman-Brown Reliability, Effectiveness, Evaluation
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.4 No.3,
July
5,
2016
ABSTRACT: The study explores the relationship between the training program characteristics, the six independent
variables with dependent variable training program effectiveness with special reference
to International Agricultural Research Institute, Hyderabad. The institute conducts training programs
on application of advanced crop improvement methodologies twice in a year for the benefit
of the researchers in India and some Sub-Saharan African countries working in the area of agricultural
research for crop improvement. The data collected using a post-training survey of 200
trainee participants including 60 women and 140 men, from eight such courses spread over three
years to assess the training program effectiveness and to know if the objectives of the course were
achieved. The evaluation was done measuring the effect of the six independent variables of the
training program—lectures, practical, demos, field visit, methodology, and instructor ability on
the dependant variable training program effectiveness (in brief effectiveness) on the participant.
We have applied the descriptive analysis, correlation techniques, inferential statistics, and multiple
regression analysis to arrive conclusions. To measure the reliability of the scale used for this
study, and internal consistencies of the survey questionnaire, the reliability statics Cronbach’s alpha
and Spearman-Brown split-half reliability were used. The overall Cronbach alpha is 0.88
whereas Spearman-Brown static was 0.94 and the Cronbach alpha value ranged from 0.68 to 0.82
for all the 6 independent and one dependent variables. The study observed some mean differences
in some variables which are significant to effect training program effectiveness.