Is it necessary to describe the instruments used in empirical research?

Authors

  • Gustavo Alexis Calderón de la Cruz Instituto de Investigación de la Escuela Profesional de Psicología de la Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Perú; Licenciado en Psicología
  • Sergio Alexis Dominguez Lara Instituto de Investigación de la Escuela Profesional de Psicología de la Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Perú; Magister en Psicología Clínica y de la Salud

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v77i2.11825

Abstract

In the recent publication of Izaguirre-Sotomayor et al. (1), the authors report the use of a scale to assess attitudes towards ethics, but in the 'Methods' section, the description of the instrument is limited because no information on the process of obtaining evidence of validity is reported, estimates reliability and scales of scores. The absence of this information does not reveal if the scale in question meets the requirements requested by the international quality standards of a test, specifically regulatory and psychometric criteria that constitute it and the effects of use (2).

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2016-06-24

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Vol. 77 No. 2 (2016)

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Calderón de la Cruz GA, Dominguez Lara SA. Is it necessary to describe the instruments used in empirical research?. An Fac med [Internet]. 2016 Jun. 24 [cited 2025 Jun. 4];77(2):175-7. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/11825