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A Content Validity Study of the Water Training Institute Curriculum
Content validity methods, such as matching matrices, have been used to assist in the design and evaluation of training programs. In the present study, the Water Training Institute (WTI) curriculum was evaluated using a content validation approach. The purpose of the study was to identify topics …
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Content Validity of the New York State Spanish Comprehensive Regents Examination
… Examination 2006-2011, defined as the number of content objectives of the New York State Checkpoint B syllabus assessed by items of the New York State Comprehensive Spanish Regents Examination. The items were coded by a panel of raters, and it was determined that there was no consistency over …
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Translation into Spanish, cultural adaption and content validity of the Bristol COPD Knowledge Questionnaire
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What do interest inventories measure? The convergence and content validity of four RIASEC inventories
… The current study investigates the convergent validity among four major interest inventories—the Self-Directed Search (SDS), the O*NET Interest Profiler (IP), the ACT Interest Inventory (UNIACT), and the Strong Interest Inventory (SII). Three methods were used to analyze different aspects of …
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The investigation and assessment of Nutritional and Traditional Supplement products for content validity, contamination and adulteration
… Plasma-Mass Spectrometry, and (v) to assess the content of nutritional commercial supplements for steroids, stimulants and other compounds of interest using Tandem Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry.Methods: The thesis is divided into 6 Chapters. Chapter 1 describes the background to the …
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Evaluating the content validity of the dimensions of a questionnaire measuring factors associated with substance use in adolescents in low socio-economic status communities
… purpose of the current study was to evaluate the content validity of the dimensions of the proposed self-administered questionnaire in terms of the Bio-ecological Systems Theoretical Framework, which will assist the factors associated with youth at risk of substance abuse in low socio economic …
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Translation, Adaptation and Psychometric Testing of Nurses’ Attitudes towards and Awareness of Research and Development in Nursing for use in Indonesian Primary Health Care Settings
… and back-translation method. Adaptation and content validity was assessed by inviting six experts from universities in Indonesia to review the relevance of the instrument in the context of Indonesian primary health care nursing. The psychometric testing was performed using construct validity …
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SAVOURING ABILITIES SCALE (SAS): THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRENGTHS - BASED ASSESSMENT FOR THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PROFESSIONALS
… The assessment items developed were reviewed for content validity by eight international therapeutic recreation (TR) educators and administrators as well as eleven TR practitioners. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to determine the most suitable items for the assessment. The results …
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The Content Validation of an Employment Selection Process for Vehicle Mechanics
The current study is a significant portion of a content validation study conducted to evaluate new selection tools developed by an organization. In it I assessed the content validity of a structured interview through the following steps: conducting a literature review to establish best practices, …
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Development of a Values Assessment Instrument for Nursing Students
… also done.<br> The instrument was reviewed for content validity by a panel of experts.<br> Based on satisfactory alpha reliabilities on each subscale as well as the overall tool, and high agreement on content validity, the researcher concluded the instrument was valid and reliable.</p>
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Job Satisfaction of Community College Chairpersons
… characteristics. The reliability and content validity of the MSQ were determined. Cronbach's alpha was computed to measure the internal consistency of the 20 MSQ facet scales and the general job satisfaction scale. A factor analysis was conducted to explore the instrument's content …
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Modification and Evaluation of the Late-preterm Screening and Multidisciplinary Risk Assessment and Parent Activation Scale
… perform a Delphi round to examine the content validity of the newly developed Late-preterm Screening and Multidisciplinary Risk Assessment and Parent Activation Scale, using two panels of judges. A sample of mother and nurse expert judges rated the instrument’s items for clarity, …
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Postcombat Military Job Satisfaction Among Vietnam Helicopter Aviators
… not make fine discriminations has questionable content validity. To facilitate accuracy in discriminating between participants when conducting future research in the area, researchers could benefit from constructing a measure with greater content validity.
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HIV/AIDS knowldege, beliefs, and attitudes in deaf and hard-of-hearing adolescents
This study sought to determine the validity and reliability of the adapted form of the AIDS Knowledge and Beliefs Survey when used to measure the knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of deaf and hard-of-hearing adolescents. A descriptive research design was used to gather data for this study. The …
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Validity and internal consistency of two district-developed assessments of Title I students
… for Title I program use were examined for validity and internal consistency. Assessment data were collected on students in grades 1-3 for seven marking periods over two school years. Internal consistency was evaluated through examination of repetitive ratings and multiple generalizability …
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Attributional style: a comparison of assertive and aggressive children
… style allowed for investigation of construct validity of these measures. Third, the relationship of current instruments used in the identification of social dysfunction in children to other measures was investigated. Finally, the use of sociometric ratings by subjects’ peers and teacher's …
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Assessing Professional Development Needs of Secretarial Employees at the University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign
… with employee job responsibilities, (e) content validity and reliability of secretarial civil service exams, (f) employee career counseling, and (g) further supervisor and administrator perspectives on employee professional development needs.
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Evaluating Attitudes toward Women's Sports: A scale development and validation study
… attitude toward women's sports, and seek various validity and reliability evidences for the instrument. First, item pool of ATWS scale was reviewed by subject matter experts to collect evidence on content validity of the instrument and to refine the instrument. Second, items were tested with two …
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The development and validation of a questionnaire on Root Cause Analysis
… guided by a literature review; 2) assessing the validity of the content of the questionnaire by and numerical evaluation of the face validity thereof; 3) assessing the qualitative face validity cognitive interviews; and 4) reliability by test-retest. Results: Content validity assessment in Phase …
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