title: Validation of the Mobile Information Software Evaluation Tool (MISET) With Nursing Students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study evaluated the Mobile Information Software Evaluation Tool (MISET) with a sample of Canadian undergraduate nursing students (N = 240).
  
  
  METHODS
  Psychometric analyses determined how well the MISET assessed the extent that nursing students find mobile device-based information resources useful and supportive of learning in the clinical and classroom settings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The MISET has a valid three-factor structure with high explained variance (74.7%). Internal consistency reliabilities were high for the MISET total (.90) and three subscales: Usefulness/Helpfulness, Information Literacy Support, and Use of Evidence-Based Sources (.87 to .94). Construct validity evidence included significantly higher mean total MISET, Helpfulness/Usefulness, and Information Literacy Support scores for senior students and those with higher computer competence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The MISET is a promising tool to evaluate mobile information technologies and information literacy support; however, longitudinal assessment of changes in scores over time would determine scale sensitivity and responsiveness. [J Nurs Educ. 2016;55(7):385-390.].
authors.forename: M Loretta
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Secco
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Furlong
authors.forename: Glynda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063731:Mobile Applications; D011594:Psychometrics; D012986:Software Validation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*