Introduction:

the development of research and innovative competences in the professionals is essential for the application of results generated by research and innovation.

Objective:

to assess the validity and reliability of a questionnaire designed to quantify the development level of research and innovative competences of professors of the University Of Medical Sciences Of Matanzas.

Materials and methods:

an evaluative-kind study was carried out from January to May 2019; the content validation was made applying Moriyama´s postulates, its internal consistence applying Chronbach´s alpha coefficient, and its logical construction validity applying the factorial analysis of the main components.

Results:

the obtained Chronbach´s alpha was ,930. The content validation allowed considering that items formulation is reasonable, justifying their presence in the questionnaire. The categories proposed to be included in the instrument construction are adequate. The results suggest the presence of four factors explaining 71.16 % of the variance accumulated by all the factors.

Conclusions:

the validity results are favorable. An instrument is available with adequate conditions and valid criteria justifying its use and application in the research field.

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