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JUNE 2011<br />

INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS VOL 3, NO 2<br />

confirming normal distribution of research data before applying t-test as one of the parametric<br />

statistical technique. To verify the construction of the research model and measurement<br />

instruments, several professors were also interviewed to modify the research model and the<br />

construction of the questionnaire.<br />

4.1. Instrument development and pre-test<br />

In order to measure the study variables, we adapted the measurement instruments from previous<br />

research. We had the instruments reviewed by women related research professionals (faculty<br />

members in the Sistan & Balouchestan university, and university of Shahid bahonare Kerman) to<br />

test the face and content validity of the instruments’ scores. Minor adjustments in the wording of<br />

five items in the organizational structure and styles and preferences of management instruments<br />

were recommended and made.<br />

We calculated cronbach alpha coefficients to test the reliability of the scores. All the scales<br />

had a cronbach alpha of above 0.7 which is an acceptable level to declare reliability of scale<br />

scores (Nunnally, 1978) and the total reliability was equal to 0.965 that is acceptable. Table.1<br />

shows the cronbach’s alpha for the scales.<br />

Table 1. cronbach alpha coefficients of the instruments used in the study<br />

Variable<br />

Policies of human<br />

resources<br />

Organizational<br />

structure<br />

Organizational<br />

atmosphere<br />

Styles and preferences<br />

of management<br />

Cronbach<br />

coefficient<br />

0.901<br />

0.893<br />

0.917<br />

0.958<br />

alpha<br />

Source<br />

Zahedi, 2004<br />

Zahedi, 2004; Howell, 2006; Kumar<br />

and Sreedhara, 2004<br />

Zahedi, 2004<br />

Zahedi, 2004; Jazani, 2002<br />

4.2. Statistical analysis<br />

This study used both of descriptive statistics and inductive statistics methods for data analyzing.<br />

Demographic profile of respondents are showed in table 3. we used the t-student test as one of<br />

the parametric statistics technique for averages comparison test. After recognizing obstacles to<br />

women participation in progress of social cultural goals, we use One Factor Inter Case Variance<br />

Analysis for study equality roles of recognized factors. Finally we use TOPSIS 73 (as one of the<br />

MCDM technique) for ranking of recognized obstacles. This study selected SPSS17 74 for<br />

hypotheses testing and Excel software for TOPSIS technique.<br />

73 Technique for Order-Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution(TOPSIS)<br />

74 Statistical Package for Social science(SPSS)<br />

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