Cultural Evaluation of Questionnaires

Velma McBride Murry describes how the cultural appropriateness of measurement items is evaluated.

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Getting the Language Right

Margaret R. Weeks describes some of the challenges faced when translating a survey from a Hartford, Connecticut, context to a southern China context.

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Designing Culturally Valid Research

Stephen M. Quintana incorporates the issue of cultural validity into all stages of research process, from conceptual design to analysis and interpretation.

Q&A

You Need to Convince the Funders

Stephen Moore and Peter Mangione state that you need strong rationale when proposing a new measure to a funding agency.

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A Commitment to Measurement

J. Steven Reznick warns against using sloppy measurement development techniques, and discusses developing a measure of behavioral inhibition with Jerome Kagan.

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Deciding When to Develop a New Measure

Stephen Moore and Peter Mangione explain how to decide when it's time to forge ahead with developing a new measure.

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Base It on Theory

Peter Mangione describes three key features of developing an assessment measure.

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Challenges in Measuring Longitudinally

John E. Bates outlines some measurement challenges related to children's development.

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Collaborative Constructs

Be mindful of culture-specific paradigms when conducting international research, advises Kenneth H. Rubin.

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Combining Ethnography with Survey Development

Hirokazu Yoshikawa discusses a multi-method approach to conducting research in understudied populations.

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