Page 16 - A Step-By-Step Guide to Questionnaire Validation Research

It is commonly found that the content of the

original questionnaire in the foreign language does not suit

the local population because many factors can potentially

contribute to differing perceptions or understanding of the

context. Differences in understanding some contexts may

be caused by differences in individual religious beliefs,

cultural heritage, lifestyle, social and living environments,

and so on. It is commonly found that people from the west

will have different family values compared to people from

the east, especially those from countries where the

majority are Muslim (Bujang et., al., 2010; Omar et. al.,

2010). Therefore, it is possible that different people may

perceive or understand some words differently.

In other words, it is o en possible for incorrect

responses to be elicited from the respondents by merely

translating the questionnaire and then administering it to a

group of respondents who are conversing in a different