Identifying Potential Consequences of Use of a Measure Through Stakeholder Interviews

• In Event: Measurement and Instrument Development in Survey Research

Abstract

The advent of Messick’s Contemporary Validity Theory (1994) led researchers in survey and measure design to develop and standardize qualitative and quantitative methods of collecting evidence for the validity of psychological instruments. However, one aspect of this theory, consequential validity, has few agreed-upon evidence-gathering methods (Furr & Bachrach, 2014). This study added a blueprint-driven interview method of collecting forecasted consequences of use of an instrument into the overall process of developing a measure of outreach impact on undergraduate engineering students (Authors, in press). The method, which included a purposeful sampling of end-users, is illustrated with thematically presented results. Potential implications for best practices in survey design are discussed.

Authors

• Melissa G. Kuhn, RMC Research Corporation
  Presenting Author

• Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Shanan L. Chappell, Old Dominion University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Linda Bol, Old Dominion University
  Non-Presenting Author