articleMeasurement and Evaluation in Counseling and DevelopmentMar 15, 2012Closed access

Recalculation of the Critical Values for Lawshe’s Content Validity Ratio

FRF. Robert WilsonWPWei PanDADonald A. Schumsky

University of Cincinnati

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Abstract

The content validity ratio (Lawshe) is one of the earliest and most widely used methods for quantifying content validity. To correct and expand the table, critical values in unit steps and at multiple alpha levels were computed. Implications for content validation are discussed.

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  • Content validity
  • Content (measure theory)
  • Psychology
  • Test validity
  • Statistics
  • Social psychology
  • Psychometrics
  • Clinical psychology
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