The inclusion of 21 experts from various disciplines in the development and
content validation process has added to the scope, acceptability, and utility of the Index [55].
The expert
content validation process (Phase 2) evaluated both the wording of the scoring rubrics and their relative numerical value (weighting).
After an extensive
content validation process, including expert panel review by all Steering Committee members and all work group members, the final instrument included 130 core items that collected information on demographics, access to maternity care, preferences for model of care, maternal and newborn outcomes, knowledge of midwifery care, and experience of care including the process of decision - making.
Not exact matches
We outlined the conceptual basis and scope of the Index [53] and explained how the
process differed from
content validation for instruments assessing skills or attitudes.
Development of the ResQu Index involved five distinct phases: 1) generating items and a weighted scoring system; 2) conducting expert
content validation via a quantitative survey and a modified Delphi
process; 3) testing inter-rater consistency; 4) assuring compatibility with established research quality checklists and 5) piloting the ResQu Index in a large systematic review to assess instrument usability and feasibility.
The instrument development
process involved five phases: 1) generation of items and a weighted scoring system; 2)
content validation via a quantitative survey and a modified Delphi
process with an international, multi-disciplinary panel of experts; 3) inter-rater consistency; 4) alignment with established research appraisal tools; and 5) pilot - testing of instrument usability.
The authors are obviously making a point that the vapor
content trend in the atmosphere has a very critical bearing on the climate model
validations, and that being the case, that that data must be
processed and reanalyzed if at all possible into more reliable, and therefore, more acceptable form.