Cross-Cultural Adaptation Of Research Instruments. 1 Credit Hour

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This elective course introduces students to the concept of cross-cultural equivalence of research instruments - a prerequisite for making valid comparisons across two or more ethnic groups - and the process of cross-cultural adaptation used to achieve this equivalence. Students will have the opportunity to learn the multiple steps necessary to successfully cross-culturally adapt research instruments and how to assure content, semantic, technical, conceptual, and criterion equivalence of individual items and scales. A number of instruments used in cross-cultural research will be reviewed and critiqued with regard to their cross-cultural equivalence.