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Two-Unit Reliability Analysis of Questionnaires Used in a Regulatory System

Rachel Fleishman

JDC-Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Human Development, Israel

Dror Walk

JDC-Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Human Development, Israel

Gad Mizrahi

JDC-Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Human Development, Israel

Miriam Bar-Giora

Services for the Aged of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Israel

An interjudge reliability test was conducted to evaluate the questionnaires used in the surveillance of residential care institutions. Because the reliability test was carried out as part of the routine surveillance program and not as part of a controlled experiment, it was subject to deviations from the optimal reliability test model. However, this nonpure design provided an opportunity to not only examine the reliability of the items in the surveillance tool, but also to gain a better understanding of the use of a reliability test in an "imperfect" field setting. Two different surveyor teams administered the 257 questions on the questionnaires to a representative sample of 32 institutions on two separate occasions. In order to explain the variance in the reliability scores, a multivariate analysis was conducted for two units of analysis: the surveillance questions and the institutions. Based on the results of the reliability test, changes were introduced to improve the questionnaires and their administration.

Evaluation Review, Vol. 20, No. 5, 580-595 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9602000506
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