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Ketty M. Moscoso-Paucarchuco 1 * , Edgar Gutiérrez-Gómez 2 , M. Michael Beraún-Espíritu 3 , Rosa C. González-Ríos 4 , Mary A. Cárdenas-Bustamante 5
Doi: https://doi.org/10.54216/IJNS.210406
This paper aims to determine the level of potential and effective capacity of university youth entrepreneurship in Peru, analyzed from the indicators of social skills, attitude towards opportunities, cognitive skills, positive self-assessment and continuity, and finally coping skills. The research was carried out in four public and private universities in the country (National Autonomous University of Huanta, National University San Cristóbal de Huamanga, Universidad Peruana los Andes, and Universidad Continental), and the sample was 120 students, 30 from each university. A survey of 50 questions was used, 25 of each dimension, the instrument was validated by expert judgment, with a very good applicability opinion. The authors of the article decided to replace the traditional Likert scale with an Indeterminate Likert Scale since in this way the opinion of the respondents is more accurately taken into account. The Indeterminate Likert Scale allows the respondent to give a degree of opinion in every one of the possible answers, instead of selecting a single answer. In this way, the respondent can more reliably express their feelings and thoughts that may contain contradictions. The survey was supported by a graph that allowed the respondents to make the evaluations without the need to delve into the neutrosophic theory. The survey data were statistically processed to carry out the study with the help of Spearman's rho coefficient.
University youth entrepreneurship , Cronbach's alpha , Spearman's Rho coefficient , Indeterminate Likert Scale , triple refined neutrosophic set.
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