Validity of Borrowed Questionnaire Items: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Amer, Safaa; Ingels, Steven J.; Mohammed, Aisha

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“…In the present study measured outcomes, such as the perceived value of science education and the importance of pursuing science-related careers, carry the underlying assumption that these distinct constructs are consistent for all of the cultural groups in Qatar, even though others have made arguments to the contrary (e.g., Amer et al 2009). With a potential for differences between Qataris, and some Non-Qatari Arabs, compared to Non-Arabs residing in Qatar, coupled with methodological issues detailed in the preceding section, a systematic approach is necessary to verify the appropriateness of making simultaneous group comparisons.…”

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“…Related concerns about scale reliability. Concerns, related to demonstrating crosscultural validity, include the superficial focus by many authors on scale reliability alone as an adequate indicator of instrument comparability (Amer et al, 2009). "An instrument cannot be valid unless it is reliable" (Tavakol & Dennick, 2011), but reliability is distinct from validity, previously described, and represents the extent an instrument measures what it is intended to measure.…”

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Comparing Likert Scale Functionality Across Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Groups in Science Education Research: an Illustration Using Qatari Students’ Responses to an Attitude Toward Science Survey

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Wang

Abd‐El‐Khalick

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Int J of Sci and Math Educ

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Surveying is a common methodology in science education research, including cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons. The literature surrounding students' attitudes toward science, in particular, illustrates the prevalence of efforts to translate instruments with the eventual goal of comparing groups. This paper utilizes survey data from a nationally representative crosssectional study of Qatari students in grades 3 through 12 to frame a discussion around the adequacy and extent to which common adaptations allow comparisons to be made among linguistically or culturally different respondents. The analytic sample contained 2,615 students who responded to a previously validated 32-item instrument, 1,704 of whom completed the survey in Modern Standard Arabic and 911 in English. The purpose of using these data is to scrutinize variation in the performance of the instrument between groups of respondents as determined by language of survey completion and cultural heritage. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis was employed to investigate issues of validity associated with the performance of the survey with each group, and to evaluate the appropriateness of using this instrument to make simultaneous comparisons across the distinct groups. Findings underscore the limitations of group comparability that may persist even when issues of translation and adaptation were heavily attended to during instrument development.

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Section: Concerns About Instrument Validity and Translation Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparing Likert Scale Functionality Across Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Groups in Science Education Research: an Illustration Using Qatari Students’ Responses to an Attitude Toward Science Survey

Summers

Wang

Abd‐El‐Khalick

et al. 2018

Int J of Sci and Math Educ

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Interviews, Standardized

Möhring¹,

Schlütz²

2017

The International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication

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Quantitative interviewing is one of the major data collecting methods and thus has great importance in intercultural communication research. Under certain circumstances, quantitative surveys can produce representative results. As the questionnaire is central to ensure the quality of the whole interview, it is crucial to consider the cognitive answering process and the effects and errors that may go along with it. In intercultural communication research, questions of equivalence and comparability have to be considered. Interviews can be administered personally (face‐to‐face interview), via telephone, or as a self‐administered questionnaire. All modes might be supported by use of a computer, for instance as a CATI interview or a Web survey.

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Validity of Borrowed Questionnaire Items: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

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Comparing Likert Scale Functionality Across Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Groups in Science Education Research: an Illustration Using Qatari Students’ Responses to an Attitude Toward Science Survey

Comparing Likert Scale Functionality Across Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Groups in Science Education Research: an Illustration Using Qatari Students’ Responses to an Attitude Toward Science Survey

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