Table 1 Summary of comments from content experts (n = 9) for content validity and lay experts (n = 3) for face validity
Themes | Quotes |
|---|---|
Content validity results (n = 9) | |
Repetition | “Question may not be necessary.” |
“Only need 1–2 of these types of questions.” | |
“Repetitive.” | |
Difficulty | “Whole grains are sometimes hard for them to understand.” |
“They won’t know what these are.” | |
“These choices will be a bit confusing.” | |
Appropriateness to income level | “Our students do skip meals but not because they want to, because they do not have food.” |
“This is the parent’s responsibility not the child’s.” | |
“I think #12 may make some students feel bad or sad that they do not participate especially if it is because of money. It may not be a choice for the kids.” | |
“This question could make students feel bad about being in a low income family.” | |
Face validity results (n = 3) | |
Too Difficult | “I couldn’t answer some of these vitamin questions myself.” |
“I don’t know if students can answer all of these questions [pointing to vitamin questions].” | |
“We don’t teach all of these topics here, so they probably won’t know some of this stuff.” | |
Appropriate for grade level | “These all look good.” |
“All of these are appropriate for the grade level.” | |
“I don’t think students would have difficulty with any of these questions.” |