Questionnaire Validation Workshop

Speaker: Dr. Karuthan Chinna

3rd - 4th April 2018 @  8.30 a.m - 5.00 p.m

VENUE

SPM Computer Lab, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine,

Level 5, Block J, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

This workshop focuses on questionnaire validation.  In most population based studies, the questionnaire is the only instrument that connects the researcher with the respondent.  If this tool is not valid, then the findings will not be useful at all. The task of constructing, testing and  validating a questionnaire is not as easy as it may look. In questionnaire design, the researcher defines a concept and tries to operationalize it by asking several questions, called items.  Then the question arises: are the items measuring what they are intended to?  To answer this, the questionnaire must undergo a rigorous process of validation.  In the pilot test stage, the Cronbach's Alpha could be used to indicate internal consistency.  A test-retest could be performed to test for repeatability.  Factor analysis may show the underlying structures.  A confirmatory factor analysis must be used to confirm whether the items are adequately measuring the concept.  Further, the questionnaire must be able to withstand the factorial invariance test procedures. The focus of this workshop will be on the main areas such as: inter-item correlation, reliability analysis, test-retest, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and factorial invariance.  In this workshop, SPSS and AMOS software will be used.

CONTENTS

Topics covered in this workshop include:

• Concept and Conceptualization

• Operationalization

• Questionnaire Development

• Types of Validity

• Internal Consistency

• Test-Retest Reliability

• Dimensionality

• Exploratory factor analysis

• Confirmatory factor analysis

• Factorial Invariance

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Post-graduate students, researchers, practitioners who are interested in questionnaire validation.

SPEAKERS

Dr. Karuthan Chinna has a Master Degree in Applied Statistics from the Michigan State University, USA and a PhD in Multivariate Quality Control from the Multimedia University, Malaysia. Dr. Karuthan Chinna has been teaching statistics for 35 years and is also very active in research and consulting. He has published two books; one on Biostatics and the other one on SPSS. He has been a statistical consultant for several projects at the Ministry of Health and other institutions. 

REGISTRATION FEES

UM Student : RM240

UM Staff      : RM350

Others         : RM500

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