Table 6.
Consolidated tool psychometric evidence (n = 58 tools)
| Psychometric criteria | Code frequency (n) | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Reported evidence of reliability | 64 | 100 |
| Internal consistency | 53 | 83 |
| Test–retest reliability | 5 | 8 |
| Inter-rater reliability | 4 | 6 |
| Reliability (other) | 2 | 3 |
| Reported evidence of validity | 158 | 100 |
| Construct validity (convergent) | 43 | 27 |
| Criterion validity (predictive) | 31 | 20 |
| Criterion validity (concurrent) | 14 | 9 |
| Construct validity (factorial) | 14 | 9 |
| Content validity | 14 | 9 |
| Structural validity (dimensionality) | 12 | 8 |
| Face validity | 10 | 6 |
| Construct validity (known groups) | 5 | 3 |
| Construct validity (other) | 3 | 2 |
| Responsiveness | 3 | 2 |
| Reported evidence of norms | 2 | 100 |
| Reported evidence of interpretability | 4 | 100 |
| Ceiling and/or floor effects | 3 | 75 |
| Interpretability (other) | 1 | 25 |
Each of the bolded lines denotes the overarching category of psychometric evidence described. Lines beneath each bolded category present the respective types of reliability, validity, norms and interpretability we identified from the selected literature