This article is a continuation of the previous module on designing questionnaires and clinical record form in which we have discussed some basic points about designing the questionnaire and clinical record forms. In this section, we will discuss the reliability and validity of questionnaires. The different types of validity are face validity, content validity, criterion validity, and construct ...

OBJECTIVE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) has developed instruments to measure the performance of local and state public health departments on the 10 "Essential Services of Public Health," which have been tested in several states. This article is a report of the evaluation of the content and criterion validity of the...

Stemming from union intolerance as a psychological construct, defined sustained hatred by nonunion employees when unions are perceived to encourage intolerable vices in and, notably, employees, we sought broaden the empirical basis claim scale validity for scale. In doing so, targeted two forms of construct validity: convergent-discriminant and concurrent criterion-related validity. Based on su...

DOCUMENT RESUME TM 017 260 Kane, Michael T. Generalizing Criterion-Related Validity Evidence for Certification Requirements across Situations and Specialty Areas. American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, Iowa. ACT-RR-90-3 May 90 26p. ACT Research %eport Series, P.O. Box 168, Iowa City, IA 52243. Reports Evaluative/Feasibility (142) MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. *Certification; Comparative Analysis;...

We determined the concurrent criterion validity of the Safe Driving Behavior Measure (SDBM) for on-road outcomes (passing or failing the on-road test as determined by a certified driving rehabilitation specialist) among older drivers and their family members-caregivers. On the basis of ratings from 168 older drivers and 168 family members-caregivers, we calculated receiver operating characteris...

Adults need to be able to process infants' emotional expressions accurately to respond appropriately and care for infants. However, research on processing of the emotional expressions of infant faces is hampered by the lack of validated stimuli. Although many sets of photographs of adult faces are available to researchers, there are no corresponding sets of photographs of infant faces. We there...

Working dog organisations, such as Guide Dogs, need to regularly assess the behaviour of the dogs they train. In this study we developed a questionnaire-style behaviour assessment completed by training supervisors of juvenile guide dogs aged 5, 8 and 12 months old (n = 1,401), and evaluated aspects of its reliability and validity. Specifically, internal reliability, temporal consistency, constr...

Cluster analyzed four variables: school attendance, employment, church attendance, and delinquency, to develop life-style profiles. Data from 218 African-American urban adolescents were used in the study. Five meaningful clusters were retained and subjected to criterion validity analyses using measures of spirituality, participation in a voluntary organization, self-esteem, and friend's substan...

BACKGROUND We examined four commonly used scores, the SF-36, the Ankle Osteoarthritis Scale (AOS), the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) Ankle Hindfoot Score, and the Foot Function Index (FFI) to determine their responsiveness and validity. METHODS Patients with end stage ankle arthritis were recruited into a prospective multicenter cohort study and baseline and one year out...