Psychometric properties of an instrument to investigate the motivation of visitors to a science museum: The combination of methods

The visit to a science museum may be manifested through complex and dynamic motivations which, according to the literature, are under-investigated in a Brazilian context. In the present study, an instrument originally developed by Delgado in 2008 (http://hdl.handle.net/10773/1623) has been modified and applied to 202 visitors up to 15 years to the Science Museum "Professor Mário Tolentino" in São Carlos, Brazil, in order to investigate motivation for visiting the institute. Combined application of Exploratory Factor Analysis and the Information Bottleneck method revealed that 17 out of the 20 initial items in the questionnaire aligned with three dimensions of motivation. The main motivation was learning desire, while entertainment and interaction motivations were significantly less important. The study provided relevant evidence regarding the motivations of visitors, and this information will be valuable in improving the activities of the museum. The implications of our findings for future research are discussed.

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