Questionnaire 2: validation of categorized
list of factors. Since the researchers, rather than the
experts, will perform the consolidation of the lists and
grouping into categories, before proceeding, we will
send a second questionnaire to validate the consolidated
lists of factors. This questionnaire will list all the
consolidated factors obtained from the first
questionnaire, grouped into categories. In addition to
a brief, one-sentence explanation of each factor, an
explanatory glossary will be included to define and
explain each factor, based on information provided by
the experts in the first questionnaire. Furthermore, we
will give experts an exact copy of their responses to the
first questionnaire. The second questionnaire will ask
experts to (a) verify that we have correctly interpreted
their responses and placed them in an appropriate
category; and (b) verify and refine the categorizations
of the factors. According to Schmidt,
‘‘without this step, there is no basis to claim that a
valid, consolidated list has been produced.’’ At this
time, experts will be able to suggest additional items
that they might not have considered initially. Based on