Instruments and Data Collection
In this study the needs assessment committee (NAC) primarily consisted of two researchers. Moreover ten
graduate students and another researcher pointed out their critique while constructing the questionnaire. They
were also the part of whole needs assessment committee. Based on prior experiences and critical observation
of graduate programs, a draft questionnaire was developed by the researchers. In order to validate the
instrument, it was presented to ten graduate students and an independent researcher. After getting their
views, the questionnaire was redesigned. Eventually the last form of the questionnaire was prepared by the
researcher. The reliability of the instrument was measured by Cronbach’s alpha which was found to be .86. This
value is above .7, so the questions used in this test can be considered reliable with the sample.