Validity in Survey ResearchSocial surveysdoi:10.2307/2347500Review by: Mary G. HillsApplied StatisticsValidity in Survey Research - WA - 1986Belson, W.A. 1986. Validity in Survey Research. Aldershot: Gower Publishing.
To produce valid results, the content of a test, survey or measurement method must cover all relevant parts of the subject it aims to measure. If some aspects are missing from the measurement (or if irrelevant aspects are included), the validity is threatened and the research is likely suffer...
We address two long-standing survey research problems: measuring complicated concepts, such as political freedom and efficacy, that researchers define best with reference to examples; and what to do when respondents interpret identical questions in different ways. Scholars have long addressed these proble...
The validity and reliability of an interactive computer tobacco and alcohol use survey in general practice. Uncertainty regarding the accuracy of the computer as a data collection or patient screening tool persists. Previous research evaluating the validity of co... B Bonevski,E Campbell,RW Sanson-...
The Interplay Between Survey Research and Psychometrics, with a Focus on Validity Theoryvalidityvalidationsurvey designquestionnaire designpsychometricsSynonymsSynonymsEqual interval scales; Scale, interval; ScalingDefinitionDefinitionNearly every introductory methodology textbook in the social sciences provides a ...
A longitudinal research aimed at investigating the role of coping styles in the process of change in schema modes The Young Schema Mode Inventory (SMI), the Young-Rygh Avoidance Inventory (YRAI) and the Young Compensation Inventory (YCI) were administered to measure the prevalence of (dys) fun...
The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Social Support Scale in Chronic Diseases (SSCII) Scale Turkish version that was developed by Hilbert-McAllister. This was planning a methodological study. Research group consists of 163 older persons that accepted to par...
In a series of sh1die.r the validity of preexisting indicator data, based on child and family variables, was tested by means of an extensive sample survey with individual case interviews in two counties in New York State. The counties included one of the highest and one of the lowest in...
This study is survey of 20 Brazilian behavioral case studies published, aimed to identify and analyze the main methods used in child evaluation. The studies were first classified, in naturalistic, I, II or III types, considering methodological criteria proposed by Kazdin (1982) to reduce internal...
Previous research indicates that young athletes as well as athletic administrators hold gender-role stereotypical beliefs about coaches that disfavor females. The validity of two such beliefs (lack of qualified female coaches and time constraints due to family responsibilities) was examined in a statewid...