Alok Singh, Suryaprakash Dhaneria, Dhyuti Gupta
Physician's knowledge, attitude and practice of fixed drug combinations: Can we recognize the lacunae?
Journal of family medicine and primary care
10 years ago issue whether researchers rigorously validating quantitative positivist instruments raised straub 1989 years passed since time profession undergone many changes novel technologies management trends come gone new professional societies formed grown prominence new demands placed fields research teaching obligations issue rigor research persisted throughout changes without solid validation instruments used gather data upon findings interpretations based scientific basis positivist quantitative research threatened retrospective straub article research seeks determine field advanced instrument validation evidence change coded positivist quantitative research articles five major journals recent three year period use validation techniques findings suggest field advanced many areas overall appears majority published studies still sufficiently validating instruments based findings approaches suggested reinvigorating quest validation research via contentconstruct validity reliability manipulation validity