1
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How difficult is the item for respondents endorse the maximum score
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Very difficult; Moderately difficult; Easy
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All three possible outcomes. Author sought to develop constructs that contained items with a range of difficulty
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2
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How comprehensible is the item for caregivers with high and low literacy
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Comprehensible; Contains words that may be difficult for caregivers to understand
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Comprehensible
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3
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How relevant is the item for respondents of different ages
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Relevant to caregivers ages 18 years and above; Not relevant to specific age groups (e.g., elderly)
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Relevant to caregivers ages 18 years and above
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4
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How pertinent is the item to the associated content area
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Critical/Core; Important; Relevant
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Critical/Core; Important
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5
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How relevant is the item to all members of the target population (i.e., caregivers of adults with cancer)
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Relevant to caregivers across the cancer spectrum; Specific to caregiving experiences along cancer spectrum
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Relevant to caregivers across cancer spectrum
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6
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How independent is the item to other items
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Moderately independent; Too closely related to one or more items
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Moderately independent
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7
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How well does the item fit with other items in the construct
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Fits well; Different content or meaning to other items in construct
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Fits well
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8
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Does the item capture a single idea (or two closely related ideas)
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Yes; No
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Yes
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9
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How minimal are the information processing demands
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One or two processing demands; More than one or two processing demands
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One or two processing demands
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10
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Does the item stem correspond to the response scale
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Yes; No
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Yes
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