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contentValidity

Content Validity Indices for Instrument Development

v0.2.0 · Jun 3, 2026 · MIT + file LICENSE

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Computes content validity indices commonly used in instrument development and questionnaire validation, including the Item-level Content Validity Index (I-CVI), Scale-level Content Validity Index (S-CVI), modified kappa adjusted for chance agreement, Aiken's V, and Lawshe's Content Validity Ratio (CVR). Methods follow Lynn (1986) <doi:10.1097/00006199-198611000-00017>, Polit and Beck (2006) <doi:10.1002/nur.20147>, Aiken (1985) <doi:10.1177/0013164485451012>, and Lawshe (1975) <doi:10.1111/j.1744-6570.1975.tb01393.x>.

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examples

Running massageExamples to create ‘contentValidity-Ex.R’ failed
Error in file(out, "wt") : cannot open the connection
Calls: <Anonymous> -> Rd2ex -> file
In addition: Warning message:
In file(out, "wt") :
  cannot open file '/tmp/Rtmp0Oj8Qf/file39753c6beb15e1/gwet_ac2.R': No space left on device
Execution halted
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updated 0.2.0 ← 0.1.0 diff Jun 3, 2026
new 0.1.0 May 11, 2026