• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.81-98
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• 2001

This study investigates the reliability and validity of research instruments used in Korean MIS research. Examination of reliability and validity is a necessary process for establishing proper arguments based on research results. We examined 172 MIS research articles published in four major Korean journals between 1990 and 1999. Among them, 79 papers which used multivariate research methods were analyzed in this study. The relationships between reliability measures and several research design characteristics were examined. We found that scale format and the number of items used to measure a construct were significantly correlated with reliability measure. About 27 percent of the articles we examined did not perform validity analysis. Based on the findings in our study, we proposed a checklist for presenting data validation analysis.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.537-548
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• 2016

Purpose: This study aims to develop a Korean version of a tool to measure uncivil behavior in clinical training to examine the experiences of nursing students. Methods: The "Uncivil Behavior in Clinical Nursing Education Scale" was developed by Anthony and Yastik in 2011. This study procedure was based on DeVellis' instrument development guidelines. Data were collected from 220 senior-year nursing students from four different universities in four different locations. Two hundreds surveys were analyzed using SPSS software and AMOS. Results: Out of 20 questions, 13 were selected after reviewing the content validity, face validity, construct validity, and reliability. The factors of the Korean version scale were specified as "exclusion", "contempt", and "refusal." The general characteristics of the subjects that showed significant differences in the occurrence of incivility were gender, age, transfer student status, level of satisfaction with clinical training, and level of satisfaction with the clinical training environment. Conclusion: The "Korean-Uncivil Behavior in Clinical Nursing Education Scale" was partially modified to account for differences in language and culture, but its validity and reliability were verified. We suggest that nurse educators and supervisors will be able to better understand the relationship between nurses and nursing students in clinical training.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.455-460
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 퍼지 클러스터링 알고리즘에 의해 구해진 퍼지 분할에 대한 최적 클러스터 수를 결정하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 척도는 퍼지 클러스터들간의 중첩성과 분리성을 이용한다. 중첩성은 클러스터간 인접도를 이용하여 계산하며, 분리성은 데이터에 대한 상관성 정도로 나타낸다. 따라서 중첩성이 낮고 분리성이 높을수록 좋은 클러스터 결과라고 할 수 있다. 표준 데이터 집합을 대상으로 기존의 척도들과 비교 실험함으로써 제안된 척도의 신뢰성을 검증하였다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.871-880
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• 2016

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Korean Version of the Spiritual Care Competence Scale (K-SCCS). Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used. The K-SCCS consisted of 26 questions to measure spiritual care competence of nurses. Participants, 228 nurses who had more than 3 years'experience as a nurse, completed the survey. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the construct validity and correlations of K-SCCS and spiritual well-being (SWB) were used to examine the criterion validity of K-SCCS. Cronbach's alpha was used to test internal consistency. Results: The construct and the criterion-related validity of K-SCCS were supported as measures of spiritual care competence. Cronbach's alpha was .95. Factor loadings of the 26 questions ranged from .60 to .96. Construct validity of K-SCCS was verified by confirmatory factor analysis (RMSEA=.08, CFI=.90, NFI=.85). Criterion validity compared to the SWB showed significant correlation (r=.44, p<.001). Conclusion: The findings suggest that K-SCCS serves as an appropriate measure of spiritual care competence with validity and reliability. However, further study is needed to retest the verification of the factor analysis related to factor 2 (professionalisation and improving the quality of spiritual care) and factor 3 (personal support and patient counseling). Therefore, we recommend using the total score without distinguishing subscales.

• 대한감각통합치료학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.22-31
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• 2021

목적 : 본 연구의 목적은 아동의 감각처리능력을 확인하는데 사용하는 가정용 Sensory Processing Measure(SPM)을 우리나라에 적용하기 위해 번역과정을 거친 후 내용타당도를 알아보는 것이다. 연구방법 : 내용타당도 연구를 위해 번역, 역번역 과정에서 항목을 수정하였고, 전문가 집단을 구성하여 내용타당도를 검증하였다. 전문가 집단은 각 지역별 작업치료학과 교수 3명을 전문가 집단으로 구성하여 내용타당도를 확인하였다. 내용타당도는 각 항목에 대하여 의미성와 구조성으로 나누어 4점 척도로 실시하였으며 1점은 매우 타당하지 않음, 2점은 타당하지 않음, 3점은 타당함, 4점은 매우 타당함으로 점수화하였다. 역번역은 이중언어를 사용하는 2명이 참여하여 2개의 역번역본에서 일치하는 않는 부분을 확인한 다음 전문가 집단에서 토의 후 보완하였다. 이렇게 번역된 한국어판은 작업치료를 받고 있는 아동의 부모 13명을 대상으로 이해도 검증을 실시하였다. 결과 : 전문가 집단을 대상으로 원본 SPM과 한국어로 번역한 SPM을 비교한 결과 평균 3.54± .74(리커트 4점 척도), 의미성에 대한 평균방식의 척도 내용타당도 지수(Scale-level Content Validity Index; S-CVI/Avg)는 .92, 구조성에 대한 평균방식의 척도 내용타당도 지수(S-CVI/Avg)는 .86이었다. 역번역 결과, 내용 일치도는 평균 3.77± .47로 나타나 내용이 일치한다고 볼 수 있다. 역번역 및 수정을 거친 SPM을 부모 집단을 대상으로 이해도 검증 결과 평균 3.48 ± .63(리커트 4점 척도)이었으며 평균방식의 척도 내용타당도 지수(S-CVI/Avg)는 .94로 나타났다. 결론 : 본 연구는 타문화권에서 개발된 SPM을 번역 및 역번역 과정을 거쳐 내용타당도를 검증함으로써 한국어판 가정용 SPM을 우리 문화권에 사용하기 위한 기초자료를 제시하는데 연구의 의의가 있다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.180-188
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• 2020

Objectives: The Short Form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire is increasingly being used to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Indonesia. However, evidence that it is valid for use in Indonesian adults is lacking. This study assessed the validity and reliability of the SF-36 in Indonesian middle-aged and older adults. Methods: Adults aged 46-81 years (n=206) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia completed the SF-36, another measure of HRQoL (the EuroQoL visual analogue scale [EQ-VAS]), and measures assessing their demographic characteristics. Fifty-four percent (n=121) completed the SF-36 measure again 1 week later. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to confirm the factor structure of the SF-36. Internal consistency reliability was estimated using Cronbach's alpha, and test-retest reliability was assessed using intraclass correlations. Convergent and discriminant validity were assessed by computing correlations among SF-36 subscales, between subscales and the 2 component scores, and between component scores and EQ-VAS scores. Results: Most scaling assumptions were met. The hypothetical factor structure fit the data poorly (root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA]=0.108) and modification was required for a good fit (RMSEA=0.060). Scores on all subscales demonstrated acceptable internal consistency (α>0.70) and test-retest reliability (r>0.70). Divergent validity was supported by weak to moderate interscale correlations (r=0.19 to 0.64). As expected, the 2 summary scores were moderately to strongly correlated with the EQ-VAS (r>0.60). Conclusions: The findings adequately support the use of SF-36 in Indonesian middle-aged and older adults, although the optimal algorithm for computing component scores in Indonesia warrants further investigation.

• Journal of Community Nutrition
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2002

The objective of this study is to establish outcome validity for three instruments that assess whether subjects met recommendations for daily servings of fruits and vegetables for“Stage of Change”research. A convenience sample of 294 college students was recruited from introductory nutrition classes at Michigan State University in the United States. To measure servings of fruits and vegetables, separately, three types of methods (self-rated intake, 24-hour recall and food frequency) were used in comparison to the servings from a three-day food record, the criterion used. The outcome validity was assessed based on whether or not at least two servings of fruits and three servings of vegetables were reported. Validity was assessed by sensitivity, to measure the ability to detect low intakes, and by specificity, to measure ability to detect adequate intakes. Cohen's kappa was used as well to examine the agreement between the three methods and a three-day food record. The results showed, for fruits, the 24-hour recall had the best agreement (recall 0.54, self-rated : 0.31, food frequency : 0.29) with a three-day food record for servings consumed by people in pre-action or post-action stages. Sensitivity for fruit was also best using a recall (0.81). For vegetables, however, all three methods had low agreement (food frequency : 0.27, recall : 0.21, self-rated : 0.17) with the results of the three-day food record. Self-rated intakes for vegetables had the best sensitivity (0.66) and the food frequency had the best specificity (0.73). Therefore, researcher can use the 24-hour recall method to identify people who consume inadequate servings of fruit. To detect adequate vegetable intake, the food frequency was best of the three methods. Accuracy may be improved by probing for vegetables in mixed dishes and on sandwiches. (J Community Nutrition 4(3)： 143∼150, 2002)

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.296-307
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• 2018

Background: Safety culture, acting as the oil necessary in an efficient safety management system, has its own weaknesses in the current conceptualization and utilization in practice. As a new approach, resilience safety culture (RSC) has been proposed to reduce these weaknesses and improve safety culture; however, it requires a valid and reliable instrument to be measured. This study aimed at evaluating the reliability and validity of such an instrument in measuring the RSC in sociotechnical systems. Methods: The researchers designed an instrument based on resilience engineering principles and safety culture as the first instrument to measure the RSC. The RSC instrument was distributed among 354 staff members from 12 units of an anonymous petrochemical plant through hand delivery. Content validity, confirmatory, and exploratory factor analysis were used to examine the construct validity, and Cronbach alpha and test-retest were employed to examine the reliability of the instrument. Results: The results of the content validity index and content validity ratio were calculated as 0.97 and 0.83, respectively. The explanatory factor analysis showed 14 factors with 68.29% total variance and 0.88 Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin index. The results were also confirmed with confirmatory factor analysis (relative Chi-square = 2453.49, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.04). The reliability of the RSC instrument, as measured by internal consistency, was found to be satisfactory (Cronbach ${\alpha}=0.94$). The results of test-retest reliability was r = 0.85, p < 0.001. Conclusion: The results of the study suggest that the measure shows acceptable validity and reliability.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.109-117
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• 2016

Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop a Korean version of Night Eating Questionnaire (KNEQ) and test its psychometric properties and evaluate items according to item response theory. Methods: The 14-item NEQ as a measure of severity of the night eating syndrome was translated into Korean, and then this KNEQ was evaluated. A total of 1171 participants aged 20 to 50 completed the KNEQ on the Internet. To test reliability and validity, Cronbach's alpha, correlation, simple regression, and factor analysis were used. Each item was analyzed according to Rasch-Andrich rating scale model and item difficulty, discrimination, infit/outfit, and point measure correlation were evaluated. Results: Construct validity was evident. Cronbach's alpha was .78. The items of evening hyperphagia and nocturnal ingestion showed high ability in discriminating people with night eating syndrome, while items of morning anorexia and mood/sleep provided relatively little information. The results of item analysis showed that item2 and item7 needed to be revised to improve the reliability of KNEQ. Conclusion: KNEQ is an appropriate instrument to measure severity of night eating syndrome with good validity and reliability. However, further studies are needed to find cut-off scores to screen persons with night eating syndrome.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.25-38
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• 1994

Service quality is defined as the perceived difference between performed service and expected service. In this paper, theme park service quality is conceptualized in relation to consumer's total satisfaction on theme park visitation. A 20-item scale was constructed to measure Theme Park Service Quality. The following four steps were employed in developing the service quality measure: 1)identification of service quality dimensions, 2)development of scales from a set of items describing the dimensions, 3)empirical verification of the scale's construct validity which refers to dimensionality, convergent validity, and nomological validity, and 4)confirmation of the utility. The scale was found to be an empirically valid and reliable evaluation tool for service quality enhancement. In addition, the scale would be an useful criterion for market segmentation and positioning.