A researcher is developing a data collection instrument to measure nurses' attitudes about their working conditions. A draft copy of the instrument is sent to 20 nurse clinicians to critique and provide feedback. What is the researcher attempting to establish by using this strategy?
1. Face validity
2. Construct validity
3. Content validity
4. Criterion validity
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Rationale 1: Face validity is an estimation of validity based on a preliminary examination to see if it measures the concept.
Rationale 2: Construct validity refers to the degree an instrument measures the construct it is supposed to measure.
Rationale 3: Content validity for an instrument is concerned with the scope or range of items used to measure the variable. Content validity can be determined by a panel of experts.
Rationale 4: Criterion validity compares the instrument's ability to measure subjects' behavior with some other criterion (measure) of that same behavior.
Global Rationale:
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