This research aimed to constructing and legalizing a measure of achievement motivation of local leaders in agricultural extension work, in an objective attempt to reveal the achievement motivation of practices of local leaders in agricultural extension work activities. Research sample consisted of (57) local farmers, In villages of Al-Ansar, Bani Idris and Fazara in Al-Qusiya locality, in Assiut Governorate. Data were collected from the respondents by re-applying the test to the respondents. Data were collected during months of August and September 2022.
In order to verify the validity of scale, the apparent validity of the arbitrators was used, and it amounted to 0.779, and subjective validity was 0.924, while the content validity reached 0.989 By calculating the structural validity of scale between its items, it was high, ranging between (0.544-0.798). By conducting a factor analysis to determine the appropriateness of the data, it became clear that the value of Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin and Kom & Bartlett's test amounted to 0.748. The discriminatory validity of the peripheral comparison of scale was estimated. The value of (T) test for two independent samples amounted to 11,795. All the results of the scale's validity were statistically significant at the level of significance of 0.01. Accordingly, the scale has a high honesty and reassuring application.