Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye
Prompt treatment of fever and its associated factors among under-five children in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analysis of evidence from 36 countries
PloS one
death education involves acquiring knowledge changing behavior developing proper views life affective value domains critical thinking honed reflecting lifeanddeath issues represents way reach goals designing assessments able measure college student content critical thinking skills related lifeanddeath issues thus important test critical thinking skills lifeanddeath content tctsld instrument requires administration additional tests assess reliability validity future use assessment perceptions life death purpose study refine tctsld crosssectional descriptive design used recruit 715 college students southern taiwan three structured scales administered class participants data collected 2004 2006 confirmatory factor analysis applied validate structure scales examination reliability threefactor 15item scale revealed kuderrichardson coefficient internal consistency 54 splithalf reliability coefficients 47 spearmanbrown correlation 40 intraclass correlation coefficient icc testretest reliability coefficients n 22 58 pearson correlation 56 icc addition content validity verification experts face validity students validity test assessed using three methods including comparable validity rating test tctsa r 34 p 001 b contrastgroup technique different responses instrument education nursing majors 271 p 01 scores 1098 sd 242 982 sd 225 respectively c confirmatory factor analysis confirming tctsld related three dimensions assumption evaluation induction 81800 p 158 normed chisquare df 1169 comparative fit index cfi 976 tuckerlewis index 984 root mean square error approximation rmsea 0015 three factors explained 3119 total variance revised tctsld revised tctsld scale improved performance effectiveness certain degree however reliability construct validity must tested permit use evaluation tool