College of Nursing, Matina Campus EXPERT VALIDATION SHEET FOR QUALITATIVE STUDIES Validator’s Name ___________________________ Date of Validation: ______ Remarks________ Direction: Please write your objective comment/s that relate/s to the strengths and weaknesses of each criterion of the qualitative study. Items Strengths Weaknesses I. PARTICIPANTS A. Recruitment _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ B. Participants Selected _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ II. USE OF TERMS, CONCEPTS AND THEIR MEANING A. Congruency of the questions _____________________________ _________________________________ asked, to general and specific _____________________________ _________________________________ aims of the study. _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ B. Clarity of Terms and Concepts _____________________________ _________________________________ used. _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ B. Depthness /Scope of the Questionnaire (examine if variables are covered in the questions). _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ D. Precision of terms defined. _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Items Strengths Weaknesses III. Technical Aspects A. Grammatical use of words and sentence construction. _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ C. Chronological arrangement of questions. _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ C. Number of questions asked. _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ D. Clarity of Instructions. _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________ _________________________________ OVERALL REMARKS: Please check or mark the choice which indicates your recommendations. ο With Major Errors. Read validator’s comments, consult your adviser and submit paper for revalidation. ο With Minor Errors. Read validator’s comments, revise and submit paper for revalidation. ο Errors are Negligible. Read validator’s comments, revise and administer this questionnaire. ο Passed Validation Test. May administer the questionnaire. ___________________________________ Validator’s Printed Name & Signature