Validación de un cuestionario para evaluar el nivel de conocimiento de una Norma Técnica Ecuatoriana INEN 2251:2013 con respecto al expendio de combustibles líquidos, en estaciones de servicio de la provincia del Guayas

Published in: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities and Communities: Proceedings of the 17th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
Date of Conference: July 24-26, 2019
Location of Conference: Montego Bay, Jamaica
Authors: Evelyn Olvera-Ureña (Universidad Espíritu Santo, EC)
Rommel Huayamave-Torres (Universidad Espíritu Santo, EC)
Cristian Arias-Ulloa (Universidad Espíritu Santo, EC)
Kenny Escobar-Segovia (Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, EC)
Kenny Escobar-Segovia (Universidad Espíritu Santo, EC)
(Universidad Espíritu Santo)
Full Paper: #79

Abstract:

In the Guayas Province, It is not certain if the service station administrators have sufficient knowledge to fulfill the regulation that applies to their distribution centers, that is why the present study aims to determine the level of knowledge of the Standard INEN 2251:2013 “Manejo, Almacenamiento, Transporte y Expendio en los centros de distribución de combustibles líquidos. Requisitos “, which these facilities must fulfill, in the Cantons of Guayas province, through the application of surveys to the administrators of the distribution centers in Guayas. This research is a descriptive, observational and cross-sectional study. In its first phase, the validity of the content of the questionnaire will be obtained, through an expert judgment (Kendall W> 0.60), demonstrating a high concordance of the judges. The second phase will be the application of the questionnaire to a population of 225 service station administrators, determining the reliability through the coefficient Kuder Richardson, obtaining a result 0.572, a value considered sufficient since this study is of an exploratory nature. The results of the study give concordance and validity of content to the questionnaire elaborated. In addition, the study evidenced that 71% of administrators surveyed self-assess as having high level of knowledge in the Standard INEN 2251:2013. This investigation is a contribution to the regulating entity of the fuel sale to propose technical courses and trainings to the employees of the service stations.