Page 5 - A Step-By-Step Guide to Questionnaire Validation Research

Synopsis

The original version of most validated

questionnaires that are widely used throughout the world

will usually be developed in the non-native language. If it

is necessary to adopt such a questionnaire for use within a

native speaking population, then it will first have to

undergo a proper validation process. This book aims to

provide a useful guide for describing all the necessary

steps of validating a questionnaire. Since different

researchers may adopt slightly different approaches for

validating a translated questionnaire; hence, it is helpful

for us to standardize a list of common requirements for

validating the translated questionnaires. In this book, we

shall focus on developing a standard checklist which

contains 17 items that are recommended to serve as a

useful guide for researchers conducting studies involving