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Ordinal Content Validity Assessment

Ordinal content validity replaces the traditional binary (yes/no) expert relevance judgment with a graded, Likert-type rating scale, allowing richer expert opinion to be captured when evaluating whether scale items adequately represent the intended construct domain.

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Sources

  1. Wynd, C. A., Schmidt, B., & Schaefer, M. A. (2003). Two quantitative approaches for estimating content validity. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 25(5), 508–518. DOI: 10.1177/0193945903252998
  2. Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2007). The content validity index: Are you sure you know what's being reported? Critique and recommendations. Research in Nursing & Health, 30(4), 459–467. DOI: 10.1002/nur.20147

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