NURS 854 - Instrument Development and Evaluation

3 Credit(s)

Students in this course will gain the skills required for cognitive, affective, and observational instrument development, testing, and evaluation relevant to the clinical and social sciences. Concepts examined at length include measurement theory, quantitative and qualitative approaches in instrument development, analytic techniques for instrument testing and refinement, and research designs for establishing validity and reliability evidence. Overarching themes include ethical, cultural, and pragmatic considerations in measure development and application. Students will produce an instrument development research proposal (including a draft of the proposed
instrument) or will conduct an exhaustive literature synthesis focusing on the validity and reliability evidence for a selected instrument as their final project.