EDUR 9131
Advanced Educational Research

Activity 2: Instrument Construction Steps

Read the following three articles: 

Post 2018 spring:

Replace Holmbeck and Devine with

Brown, T. (2010) Construct Validity: A Unitary Concept for Occupational Therapy Assessment and Measurement. Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy, 20, 30-42. Very good overview of traditional and current views of validity.

• Holmbeck, G. N., & Devine, K. A. (2009). Editorial: An author's checklist for measure development and validation manuscripts. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 1-6, 2009.

  • Note: This file contains only Holmbeck and Devine's checklist 

• Ragheb, M. G., & Beard, J. G. (1982). Measuring leisure attitude. Journal of Leisure Research, 14, 155-167.

• Menon, S.T. (2001). Employee empowerment: An integrative psychological approach. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 50, 153-180.

Activities:

1. Read first the Holmbeck and Devine article and note in particular the questionnaire development checklist they offer beginning on page 3 in the appendix.

2. Use the checklist offered by Holmbeck and Devine as a model for questionnaire development. Compare the questionnaire steps taken by Ragheb and Beard to the Holmbeck and Devine model; note differences if any arise.

3. Use the checklist offered by Holmbeck and Devine as a model for questionnaire development. Compare the questionnaire steps taken by Menon to the Holmbeck and Devine model; note differences if any arise.

4. Base your response to the following questions on the information learned in the three articles:

   • How is content validity to be addressed when developing a questionnaire?

   • How is reliability addressed when developing a questionnaire?

   • What is construct validity? What are some ways construct validity can be addressed when developing a questionnaire?

5. Create a brief checklist of important steps one should take to develop an instrument. Not all of Holmbeck and Devine's checklist items need apply or be included in your checklist. In addition, for each important step, add a brief description (one or two sentences at most) explaining what that step entails. This description should be enough to help you recall what to do when developing a questionnaire.

6. Submit your responses to items 4 and 5.