Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Reconstruction and assessment of validity and reliability of Perceptions, attitude and behavior research misconduct questionnaire and underling factor

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Mohammad Khajedaluee 1
Fatemeh Moghaddas 2
Malihe Dadgar Moghaddam 1
1 Department of community and family Medicine, School of medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2 Department of community and family medicine, school of medicine, Mashhad university of medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran
10.22038/mjms.2019.14255
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: Due to the rapid growth of science and the increasing number of articles that have led to increased research misconduct, the purpose of this study was to design a comprehensive questionnaire about research misconduct.
Methods:After searching and finding relevant studies, using available questionnaires and various studies, and contacting the corresponding authors of the articles, questions database were designed. Based on the expert opinion panels, the questions were selected from the database in each field and then the face validity, content validity and reliability of the questionnaire were examined.
Results:The final questionnaire was approved with 75 questions in three areas. The content and structure validity and the importance of each question was presented separately and was acceptable. The reliability of the tool was calculated with Cronbach's alpha, which was 0.77, which indicates the acceptable reliability of the questionnaire.
Conclusion:Considering the comprehensiveness, acceptable validity and reliability of this tool, this tool is recommended for future studies.
Keywords
Validity
Reliability
Questionnaires
Research misconduct
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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 62, Issue 4
November and December 2019
Pages 1581-1586