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Focus on psychometrics . Strategies for achieving cultural equivalence
Author(s) -
Phillips Linda R.,
de Hernandez Isela Luna,
de Ardon Esperanza Torres
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770170210
Subject(s) - equivalence (formal languages) , psychology , psychometrics , cross cultural studies , social psychology , focus group , clinical psychology , mathematics , sociology , pure mathematics , anthropology
The strategy used by a bicultural research team of Anglos and Mexican Americans to develop cultural equivalence in a cross‐cultural study of family caregiving is described. Five sequential stages designed to address Berry's (1969) criteria for cross‐cultural research (functional equivalence, a comparative descriptive framework, and language equivalence) are described, including (a) start‐up, (b) preparation,(c) pilot testing for language equivalence, (d) pilot testing for operational equivalence, and (e) reevaluation.