INSTRUMENT FOR EVALUATING WOMEN'S HEALTH KNOWLEDGE (HEALTH KNOWLEDGE).
Contributors: University Of Tennessee.
Published: 1992
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Education, Health.; Women's Studies.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: A valid and reliable instrument for evaluating women's health knowledge was constructed. Content validity for the instrument was, in part, established by writing ten behavioral objectives relating to ten women's health knowledge conceptual areas. Content validity was also established through a textbook and syllabi review, and recommendations from experts in the field of women's health. A table of specifications was developed and used as a guideline to generate preliminary multiple-choice test items. After review and evaluation from the jurors, 125 test items which met the requirements of the table of specifications were used for the preliminary test, which was reviewed by the jurors. Using the juror's comments, suggestions, and recommended additional test items, the preliminary instrument was revised and administered to a representative sample of twenty-two women from a women's organization. Data were subjected to item analysis, including difficulty and discrimination indexes. A final knowledge test of 85 test items was developed based upon the results of the item analysis and revision.

The final test was administered to 617 women from women's organizations and women's health classes from across the country. The data were subjected to item analysis and reliability checks. Reliability analysis included the Kuder-Richardson Formula 21 and the split-half test for reliability. Reliability coefficients of.66 and 1.00 were obtained by the Kuder-Richardson Formula 21 and split-half, respectively, indicating the test is reliable for evaluating women's health knowledge of post-secondary women in women's organizations.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-11, Section: A, page: 3809.

Thesis (ED.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, 1992.

School code: 0226.