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Enhancing Content Validity Assessment With Item Response Theory Modeling / Mejorando la Evaluación de la Validez del Contenido a Través del Modelado de la Teoría de Respuesta al Ítem
Schames Kreitchmann, Rodrigo; Nájera, Pablo; Sanz, Susana; Sorrel, Miguel Ángel.
Affiliation
  • Schames Kreitchmann, Rodrigo; Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Spain
  • Nájera, Pablo; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Spain
  • Sanz, Susana; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Spain
  • Sorrel, Miguel Ángel; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Spain
Psicothema (Oviedo) ; 36(2): 145-153, 2024. graf, tab
Article in English | IBECS | ID: ibc-VR-36
Responsible library: ES1.1
Localization: ES15.1 - BNCS
ABSTRACT

Background:

Ensuring the validity of assessments requires a thorough examination of the test content. Subject matter experts (SMEs) are commonly employed to evaluate the relevance, representativeness, and appropriateness of the items. This article proposes incorporating item response theory (IRT) into model assessments conducted by SMEs. Using IRT allows for the estimation of discrimination and threshold parameters for each SME, providing evidence of their performance in differentiating relevant from irrelevant items, thus facilitating the detection of suboptimal SME performance while improving item relevance scores.

Method:

Use of IRT was compared to traditional validity indices (content validity index and Aiken’s V) in the evaluation of conscientiousness items. The aim was to assess the SMEs’ accuracy in identifying whether items were designed to measure conscientiousness or not, and predicting their factor loadings.

Results:

The IRT-based scores effectively identified conscientiousness items (R2 = 0.57) and accurately predicted their factor loadings (R2 = 0.45). These scores demonstrated incremental validity, explaining 11% more variance than Aiken’s V and up to 17% more than the content validity index.

Conclusions:

Modeling SME assessments with IRT improves item alignment and provides better predictions of factor loadings, enabling improvement of the content validity of measurement instruments.(AU)
RESUMEN
Antecedentes Garantizar la validez de evaluaciones requiere un examen exhaustivo del contenido de una prueba. Es común emplear expertos en la materia (EM) para evaluar la relevancia, representatividad y adecuación de los ítems. Este artículo propone integrar la teoría de respuesta al ítem (TRI) en las evaluaciones hechas por EM. La TRI ofrece parámetros de discriminación y umbral de los EM, evidenciando su desempeño al diferenciar ítems relevantes/ irrelevantes, detectando desempeños subóptimos, mejorando también la estimación de la relevancia de los ítems.

Método:

Se comparó el uso de la TRI frente a índices tradicionales (índice de validez de contenido y V de Aiken) en ítems de responsabilidad. Se evaluó la precisión de los EM al discriminar si los ítems medían responsabilidad o no, y si sus evaluaciones permitían predecir los pesos factoriales de los ítems.

Resultados:

Las puntuaciones de TRI identificaron bien los ítems de responsabilidad (R2 = 0,57) y predijeron sus cargas factoriales (R2 = 0,45). Además, mostraron validez incremental, explicando entre 11% y 17% más de varianza que los índices tradicionales.

Conclusiones:

La TRI en las evaluaciones de los EM mejora la alineación de ítems y predice mejor los pesos factoriales, mejorando validez del contenido de los instrumentos.(AU)
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Full text: Available Collection: National databases / Spain Health context: SDG3 - Target 3C: Increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce / SDG3 - Health and Well-Being / Neglected Diseases / SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases / SDG3 - Target 3.2 Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5 Health problem: Healthcare Workforce Management / Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases / Target 3.2: Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5 / Tuberculosis / Zoonoses / Mental Health and Behavioral Disorders / Other Respiratory Diseases / Trachea, Bronchus, Lung Cancers / Environmental Health Database: IBECS Main subject: Inpatients / Physical Examination / Depression / Hypertension / Osteoarthritis / Aortic Aneurysm / Patients / Pediatrics / Postoperative Complications / Postoperative Period Type of study: Controlled clinical trial / Diagnostic study / Etiology study / Evaluation study / Practice guideline / Observational study / Prevalence study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research / Risk factors Aspects: Social determinants of health / Patient-preference Limits: Humans / Male / Female / Aged / Child / Adolescent / Adult / Infant, Newborn Country/Region as subject: South America / Colombia / Europa / Mexico Language: Spanish / English Journal: An. pediatr. (2003. Ed. impr.) / Enferm. infecc. microbiol. clín. (Ed. impr.) / Psicothema (Oviedo) / An. sist. sanit. Navar / Gastroenterol. hepatol. (Ed. impr.) / Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet) / Metas enferm / Nutr. hosp / Rev. Soc. Esp. Dolor / Rev. clín. med. fam Year: 2023 / 2022 / 2021 / 2024 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: Basurto University Hospital/España / Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca (CAUS)/España / Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago/España / Federal University of Alagoas/Brazil / Federal University of Sergipe/Brazil / Fundació Hospital Sant Pere Claver/España / Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa/España / Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela/España / Hospital Ernest Lluch/España / Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón/España
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