Validating instruments in MIS research

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 147-165

  Straub, Detmar W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Content validity; Empirical measurement; Internal validity; MIS research methodology; Reliability; Theory construction and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249123249     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/248922     Document Type: Article

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