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Subject: Validity and Reliability Issues

Validity and Reliability Issues can be broken down into:
Answer Categories | Bias | Directions | Increasing Response to Questions | Increasing Response to Surveys | Intentions | Margin of Error | Missing Data | Pretesting | Question Order | Question Wording | Ranking |
Retrospective Questions | Scales| Tape Recording Interviews

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PA Examples

Answer Categories

TS20

Answer Categories & The Target Audience

   
TS36 Crafting Behavior Questions      
TS37 Observation, an Underused Method to Collect Data      
TS38 How Many Answer Categories are Correct?      
TS56 Creating Number Categories in a Question      
TS59 Creating Valid Answer Categories      
         
Bias 
TS2

Asking About Age

  EX1 Adams County: Extension's Image 
TS6 Reduce Evaluation Burden   EX8 A Conference Evaluation 
TS35 Crafting Questions with Less Bias   EX9 Impact of a Food Safety Program 
TS36 Crafting Behavior Questions   EX11 The Farm Safety Audit: An Educational Breakthrough 
TS37 Observation, an Underused Method to Collect Data   EX15 Better Kid Care Satellite Training 
TS42 Asking About Potentially Embarrassing Behaviors      
TS48 A Mail Survey to Older Citizens?      
TS49 County Mailing List: Appropriate for a Needs Assessment?      
TS50 Measuring Intentions      
TS65 Volunteer Interviewers in a Phone Interview: What To Consider      
TS69 Using Standard Phrases in Qualitative Interviews      
TS70 How Can I Conduct an Evaluation of My Newspaper Column?      
         
Directions
TS15

Asking About Race

     
TS19 When the answer is zero, zilch, or 0      
         
Increasing Response to Questions
TS14

Evaluating Sources of Information

     
TS19 When the answer is zero, zilch, or 0      
TS53 Designing a Survey to Increase Response & Reliability      
TS59 Creating Valid Answer Categories      
TS69 Using Standard Phrases in Qualitative Interviews      
         
Increasing Response to Surveys 
TS22 Cover Letter for a Survey   EX14 Sunday Dispatch "Nutrition Corner" 
TS34 Increasing Response to Surveys      
TS53 Designing a Survey to Increase Response & Reliability      
TS67 A Phone Interview: Steps to Increase Response From Your Target Audience      
TS74 Increasing Your Survey Response Rate      
TS76 Evaluating an Event: When and How      
         
Intentions 
TS50 Measuring Intentions      
TS76 Evaluating an Event: When and How      
         
Margin of Error 
TS25 Margin of Error: How to Explain It      
         
Missing Data 
TS14

Evaluating Sources of Information

     
TS19 When the answer is zero, zilch, or 0      
TS59 Creating Valid Answer Categories      
TS68 How Do I Evaluate Impact When The Make-Up Of The Audience Is Not Consistent?      
         
Pretesting
TS37 Observation, an Underused Method to Collect Data      
TS38 How Many Answer Categories are Correct?      
TS65 Volunteer Interviewers in a Phone Interview: What To Consider      
TS73 Focus Group Moderator Critique      
         
Question Order 
TS1 Question Order      
TS29 Focus Groups and 4-H and Youth Development      
TS41 Who is Listening to Extension Messages?      
TS56 Creating Number Categories in a Question      
         
Question Wording 
TS24

Increasing the Usefulness of Conference Questions

  EX8 A Conference Evaluation 
TS35 Crafting Questions with Less Bias   EX12 Ornamental Plant Identification & Usage 
TS37 Observation, an Underused Method to Collect Data      
TS69 Using Standard Phrases in Qualitative Interviews      
TS76 Evaluating an Event: When and How      
         
Ranking
TS26 A Ranking Question for a Needs Assessment      
         
Retrospective Questions
TS30 Reduce Bias with Retrospective Questions      
         
Scales
TS8 Stepscale      
TS20 Answer Categories & The Target Audience      
TS38 How Many Answer Categories are Correct?      
         
Tape Recording Interviews
TS79 Successful Tape Recording from a Transcriptionist's Point of View      
 
   
   
   
   
 


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