For each assessment instrument, we provide information on key characteristics (i.e., metadata) that can help you decide which assessment instruments will work for your project. Metadata is organized by 6 domains.
This section provides an overview of all characteristics fields, their description, the type of data used to organize the characteristic field, and the domain.
| Characteristic Title | Characteristic Description | Response options | Domain |
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| Brief Description | Brief summary description of assessment instrument | Open Text | Not Found |
| Citing Literature - Development/Original | Reference for publication describing the development of the assessment instrument | Open Text | Not Found |
| Citing Literature - Empirical Use/Application | Reference for publications on the application of the assessment instrument | Open Text | Not Found |
| Website | Website providing access to and/or describing the assessment instrument | Open Text | Not Found |
| Attachments | Related files uploaded (instrument if directly available) including descriptions for each | Open Text | Not Found |
| Version | Number/name of the most recent version of the assessment instrument | Open Text | Not Found |
| Qualitative/Quantitative | The assessment instrument uses quantitative and/or qualitative data | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Type of Instrument | The type of the assessment instrument | Multi Select
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| Levels of Data Collection | The level(s) from which the assessment instrument collects data | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Language Availability | Language(s) in which the assessment instrument is available | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Constructs Assessed | Constructs assessed by the assessment instrument (linked to constructs included in the D&I models webtool) | Relationship | Not Found |
| Theories, Models, Frameworks Assessed | The D&I TMFs relevant for the assesment instrument based on constructs assessed | Relationship | Not Found |
| Implementation Outcomes | The relevance of the assessment instrument to various implementation outcomes | Multi Select
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| Implementation Strategies | The implementation strategy/ies evaluated by the assessment instrument | Multi Select
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| Intended Priority Population | Intended priority population from whom data are collected using the assessment instrument | Multi Select
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| Intended Priority Setting | Intended priority setting in which the assessment instrument is used | Multi Select
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| Phase of Implementation Process | Phase of implementation process when the assessment instrument can be used | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Policy | Assessment instrument is relevant to policy | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Equity Relevant | Assessment instrument includes at least one equity-focused component | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Uses Secondary data | Assessment instrument relies on a secondary data source | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Time to Administer | The amount of time required to complete the assessment instrument | Open Text | Not Found |
| Number of Items | Number of items in the assessment instrument | Open Text | Not Found |
| Subscale Information | Names of each of the subscales and the number of items for each of the subscales | Open Text | Not Found |
| Scoring | The assessment instrument produces a composite score | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Norms | Measures of central tendency and distribution for the total score are based on small, medium, large sample size | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Responsiveness | The ability of the assessment instrument to detect change over time (i.e., sensitivity to change or intervention effects). | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Cost | Cost associated with access to assessment instrument (Some insturments might require login.) | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Literacy | Readability of the items reported on. | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Interpretation | Expertise needed for interpretation of data is reported. | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Training | Expertise needed to use the assessment instrument is reported | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Resources Required to Administer | Resources needed to administer the assessment instrument (FTE for data collector, equipment, etc.) | Multi Select | Not Found |
| User Guidance | Guides are provided to support administration of assessment instrument/data collection, and/or analysis of data from the assessment instrument, and/or interpretation of data, and/or action/decision on how to use data | Multi Select
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| Obtrusiveness | Degree of intrusion the participants will experience because of the data collection when using the assessment instrument (e.g., assessment instruments that rely on use of secondary data or automated data will be less obtrusive) | Multi Select
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| Interactivity | Data collection and/or result generation involves interactive components. | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Related Instrument | Indicate if assessment instrument is related to another instrument in the repository. | Multi Select
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| Validity | The extent to which an instrument measures what it is intended to measure accurately. | Multi Select
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| Reliability | The extent to which results are consistent results over time, across raters, across settings, or across items intended to measure the same thing. | Multi Select | Not Found |
| Factor Analysis | A statistical method that uses the correlation between observed variables to identify common factors. | Multi Select | Not Found |
