Analysis and psychometrics of tools for measuring the development ofsocial capital through sport

The purpose of the present study was to construct and validate an instrument for assessing and measuring the effective indicators on the development of social capital through sport. The purpose of this study was to use applied research method and in terms of data analysis method, descriptive and correlational type was used to collect information by field and survey. The statistical population of the study consisted of all faculty members of sport management and sociology of universities of the country, which were selected by random sampling based on the Morgan sample table. A tool for collecting research data in the qualitative section of the deep and exploratory interview and in the quantitative section, a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 113 questions and 6 components. For analyzing the data and responding to the research hypotheses, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods were used with the help of SPSS version 23 and LISEREL 8/8. The results of the fitting indexes of the measured model showed that the questionnaire on the effective indicators on the development of social capital through sport was desirable. In general, the results of the research indicate that the indicators can satisfactorily measure the questionnaire of indicators that influence the development of social capital through sport.