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Chapter 5: Conclusion

A researcher will need to be cognizant of the fact

that a suitable questionnaire for use in a validation study is

one which has already been published and validated

previously. As a result, a researcher must have access to

the original questionnaire's development manual or

questionnaire construction, which is the primary source of

reference that provides specific hands-on instructions on

both the development and validation of the original

questionnaire. During the validation of a questionnaire, a

researcher will have to follow almost all the same

procedures as those when the questionnaire was originally

developed; therefore, it is very important for a researcher

to ensure that the right research methodology (for the