Methodology for Validity and Reliability Testing of a New Questionnaire Used in Medical Research: Course Content for Research Methodology Subject.

It is important for researchers to choose a correct and relevant research tool, to obtain a result, that has internal as well as external validity. Validity and reliability, which measure how accurate and consistent is the research tool (primarily questionnaires), have been shown in different studie...

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Publicado en:Homoeopathic Heritage no. 2; pp. 40 - 44
Autor principal: Sahu, Seema Gupta
Formato: equations & formulas research Journal Article
Publicado: B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd. May2023
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        affil: BHMS, MD(Hom), MBA, Associate Professor, State Lal Bahadur Shastri Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Shantipuram, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
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          Validity Evaluation
          Reliability Evaluation
          Questionnaires Utilization
          Research, Medical Methods
          Study Design Methods
          Research Subjects
          Curriculum
          Psychometrics
          Human
          Validation Studies
          Multimethod Studies
          Test-Retest Reliability
          Quality of Life
          Chronic Disease
          Educational Measurement Evaluation
          Content Validity
          Coefficient alpha
          Reproducibility of Results
          Comparative Studies
      ab: It is important for researchers to choose a correct and relevant research tool, to obtain a result, that has internal as well as external validity. Validity and reliability, which measure how accurate and consistent is the research tool (primarily questionnaires), have been shown in different studies; but researchers normally overlook them before using a particular primary questionnaire. This has been connected to the lack of understanding of these tests. In medical science, impact of a chronic disease on health and/or the effects of medical intervention is measured through Health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Here, an attempt is made so that researchers try to choose the right research instrument by reading review articles that peek into and discuss the reliability and validity of a research instrument (questionnaires in particular). This article delineates the various types of tests regarding reliability and validity.
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