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EDUC 867-011: Survey Design for the Social Sciences

Databases for Test Instruments/ Validation

Searching for Validation Studies

Searching for validation often requires two steps. First, you need to locate the name of a survey instrument, then you can search with the name of that instrument to locate validation studies. Take a look at the syntax of these searches to help you format your own topic:

  • [Insert Your topic] AND (survey OR instrument OR tool OR test OR questionnaire)

screenshot of ERIC databse with the search statement dyslexia AND (survey OR instrument OR tool OR test OR questionnaire)

 

  • Search with the name of the scale in quotation marks like this: "Knowledge and Beliefs about Developmental Dyslexia Scale"

screenshot of the ERIC database with "Knowledge and Beliefs about Developmental Dyslexia Scale" in the search bar