STUDENT EVALUATION OF COURSES - DETERMINING THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF 3 SURVEY INSTRUMENTS

Authors
JEFFREYS MR MASSONI M ODONNELL M SMODLAKA I
Citation
Mr. Jeffreys et al., STUDENT EVALUATION OF COURSES - DETERMINING THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF 3 SURVEY INSTRUMENTS, The Journal of nursing education, 36(8), 1997, pp. 397-400
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Nursing
Journal title
The Journal of nursing education → ACNP
ISSN journal
01484834
Volume
36
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
397 - 400
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-4834(1997)36:8<397:SEOC-D>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability and validit y of three instruments designed for student evaluation of courses: the Course, Library, and Computer (CLC); the Clinical (CLIN); and the Nur sing Skills Lab (NSL) evaluation tools. Using data from 294 anonymous associate degree nursing students, internal consistency and reliabilit y were demonstrated by the high alpha coefficients ranging from .85 to .94. An exploratory principal component analysis, with the varimax ro tation, provided an estimate of construct validity.