Assessment of psychometric properties of the questionnaire on supervisor-doctoral student interaction (QSDI) in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One of the main elements that help students in research projects and composing dissertations is the student-supervisor relationship. A valid and reliable tool to measure this seems essential and it is the objective of the present study to validate and assess the psychometric properties of a questionnaire on supervisor-doctoral student interaction (QSDI) in Iran.

Methods

Before starting the study, a permission from the developer of the tool was secured. Then the tool was forward-backward translated. After preparing the Farsi version of the tool, content validity was confirmed through qualitative and quantitative methods. To examine construct validity, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were conducted with participation of 218 a

SUBMITTER: Daryoushi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8515155 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature