VALIDATION DATA

MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES
Limitations English only
Observations
1. RELIABILITY
A. Internal Consistency Not Tested
Cronbach's (Describe)
B. Reliability intraobserver or test-retest Not Tested
Continuous scores: intraclass
correlation coefficient (ICC)
Dichotomus: Cohen kappa (Describe)
C. Reliability interobserver or Measurement error Not Tested
Standard error of measurement (SEM),
smallest detectable change (SDC) or
Limits of agreement (LoA) (Describe)
2. VALIDITY
A. Content validity: face validity Tested
Expert opinion (relevance and
comprehensiveness) (Describe)

Population-based study – comparison of six-candidate questions (Critique: imperfect approximation of the construct of interest = lost productivity)

B. Construct Validity:
Structural validity
Not Tested
Hypotheses-testing Tested
Cross-cultural validity Not Tested
Brief Description
C. Criterion validity Tested
Comparison with a 'gold standard' Continuous scores:
correlations, ROC curves Dichotomus:
Sensitivity & Specificity (Describe)

Pearson Correlation (Spearman): WHI and workplace data about mean missed work time estimates in a 2-week period: 0.84 (0.76)

Diary based mean estimate of not working while at work: 0.19 (0.33)

2-week estimate of total productive time from the diary: 0.50 (0.46)