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Talaya Harrison posted Apr 20, 2023 7:00 PM
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There are different forms of validity measurement, that can be used to measure a phenomenon. One such measurement is face validity. Face validity is a measure that when used is measuring what it is intended to measure (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,2023).A measurement is an assignment of numbers to a phenomenon of interest (Tappen,2016).
When doing face validity some issues to be considered include it been subjective. It is whatever you think it is, because everyone can have a different opinion. According to Tappen, many researchers believe face validity is irrelevant (2016). Because face validity is considered to be the least amongst the types of validity measurement, you want to prevent bias. You also want to prevent manipulation. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid notes manipulation can occur when groups meet face to face and one member tries to influence the opinion of another member (2023).
Also, you are able to put things the way you want, if you want to achieve a certain result. When using face validity some pitfalls to avoid, include when measuring grief in persons who have experience loss, your questions should be geared towards sadness, if you are measuring low productivity in young adults, you will want to ask questions about employment. If you are measuring lack of physical activity in teenagers, you would want to ask questions about access to playground. As was noted by Tappen, if persons believe the items are relevant, they will feel more comfortable in answering the questions (2016).
References
Tappen, R.(2016). Advanced nursing research: From theory to practice (2nd ed.). Jones and Bartlett. ISBN :978-1284048308.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2023). Measure Testing. Measures Management Systems (MMS).
