Elangovan N, Sundaravel E
School of Business and Management, Christ University, Bengaluru, India.
MethodsX. 2021 Apr 8;8:101326. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2021.101326. eCollection 2021.
Validation of a survey instrument is an important activity in the research process. Face validity and content validity, though being qualitative methods, are essential steps in validating how far the survey instrument can measure what it is intended for. These techniques are used in both scale development processes and a questionnaire that may contain multiple scales. In the face and content validation, a survey instrument is usually validated by experts from academics and practitioners from field or industry. Researchers face challenges in conducting a proper validation because of the lack of an appropriate method for communicating the requirement and receiving the feedback. In this Paper, the authors develop a template that could be used for the validation of survey instrument. In instrument development process, after the item pool is generated, the template is completed and sent to the reviewer. The reviewer will be able to give the necessary feedback through the template that will be helpful to the researcher in improving the instrument.
调查工具的验证是研究过程中的一项重要活动。表面效度和内容效度虽是定性方法,但却是验证调查工具在多大程度上能够测量其预期目标的关键步骤。这些技术既用于量表开发过程,也用于可能包含多个量表的问卷。在表面效度和内容效度验证中,调查工具通常由学术界专家以及该领域或行业的从业者进行验证。由于缺乏传达要求和接收反馈的适当方法,研究人员在进行适当的验证时面临挑战。在本文中,作者开发了一个可用于调查工具验证的模板。在工具开发过程中,生成项目池后,填写模板并发送给审阅者。审阅者将能够通过模板给出必要的反馈,这将有助于研究人员改进该工具。