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A Mixed Methods Model of Scale Development and Validation Analysis
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Zhou, Yuchun – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2019
Using mixed methods to develop new scales is not a new idea since the 2000s. However, there exists inadequate literature that discusses scale development using mixed methods, with steps including how to design the study, how to implement the process, and how to conduct validation. This study proposes a hands-on model of using mixed methods to…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Test Construction, Construct Validity, Psychometrics
Translation and Content Validation of the Trans-Contextual Model Questionnaire Battery and Development of a Web-Based Version for 10- to 12-Year-Old Danish Schoolchildren
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Madsen, Esben Elholm; Elbe, Anne-Marie; Krustrup, Peter; Larsen, Carsten Hvid; Larsen, Malte Nejst; Madsen, Mads; Hansen, Tina – Cogent Education, 2021
The trans-contextual model (TCM) offers a heuristic-based theoretical framework to understand fifth-grade Danish schoolchildren's motivation to participate in the 11 for Health in Denmark educational football concept, as well as their intention and behaviour to participate in vigorous physical activity (PA) in a leisure-time context. The…
Descriptors: Translation, Content Validity, Context Effect, Models
Teachers' Attitudes toward Reporting Child Sexual Abuse: Problems with Existing Research Leading to New Scale Development
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Walsh, Kerryann; Rassafiani, Mehdi; Mathews, Ben; Farrell, Ann; Butler, Des – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2010
This paper details a systematic literature review identifying problems in extant research relating to teachers' attitudes toward reporting child sexual abuse and offers a model for new attitude scale development and testing. Scale development comprised a five-phase process grounded in contemporary attitude theories, including (a) developing the…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Focus Groups, Content Validity
Validity of Psychological Assessment: Validation of Inferences from Persons' Responses and Performances as Scientific Inquiry into Score Meaning.
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Messick, Samuel – American Psychologist, 1995
Presents a comprehensive review of validity that includes an empirical evaluation of the actual and potential consequences of score interpretation and use, how those consequences come about, and what determines them. Six distinguishable aspects of construct validity are highlighted as a means of addressing central issues implicit in the notion of…
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Construct Validity, Content Validity, Models
Feminist Identity Development Measures: Comparing the Psychometrics of Three Instruments
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Moradi, Bonnie; Subich, Linda Mezydlo – Counseling Psychologist, 2002
Reliability and validity of three current instruments (Feminist Identity Scale [FIS], Feminist Identity Development Scale [FIDS]J Feminist Identity Composite [FIC]) used to operationalize Downing and Roush's model of feminist identity development were compared. A sample of 245 women completed all three instruments, and a separate sample of 35…
Descriptors: Feminism, Social Desirability, Females, Content Validity
Models for Validating Content Coverage. Instructional Assessment Project.
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Burstein, Leigh; And Others – 1991
Two papers are presented that resulted from the Instructional Assessment Project of the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. Both relate to models for assuring assessment validity. The first paper--"Assessing the Content Validity of Teachers' Reports of Content Coverage and Its Relationship to Student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Analysis, Content Validity, Curriculum Evaluation