Validation of a clinical critical thinking skills test in nursing.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to develop a revised version of the clinical critical thinking skills test (CCTS) and to subsequently validate its performance.

Methods

This study is a secondary analysis of the CCTS. Data were obtained from a convenience sample of 284 college students in June 2011. Thirty items were analyzed using item response theory and test reliability was assessed. Test-retest reliability was measured using the results of 20 nursing college and graduate school students in July 2013. The content validity of the revised items was analyzed by calculating the degree of agreement between instrument developer intention in item development and the judgments of six experts. To analyze response process validity, qualitative data related to the response proce

SUBMITTER: Shin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4352692 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature