Designing and Validating a Research Questionnaire on Inter-Personal Intelligence

This study presents the systematic design and validation of Inter-personal intelligence questionnaire prepared to evaluate the inter-personal intelligence of 9th standard students of Kozhikode District in Kerala State. The tool development followed steps including expert validation, pilot study, item analysis, validation and reliability. 70 Interpersonal intelligence statements were constructed. After expert panel discussion it reduced to 62. Item analysis (based on difficulty level and discriminating index) and reliability test led to the final selection of 40 statements.