Table 1.
Summary of the main types of reliability and validity applied to welfare assessment.
Fig 1.
Overview of development process of welfare assessment tool.
Table 2.
QBA terms used in welfare tool and anchors for VAS.
Proposed welfare interpretation, based on valence of term is indicated by a + (positive) or–(negative).
Table 3.
Prototype Daytime behaviour questions, question text, answer options and indication of proposed relationship to welfare with supporting references.
Table 4.
Overview of data analysis and criteria for assessing reliability and validity of the welfare tool.
Table 5.
Reliability statistics for the three parts of the behavioural welfare tool.
Table 6.
Concurrent validity statistics for the daytime and night-time behavioural observations part of the behavioural welfare tool.
Table 7.
Content of final elephant behavioural welfare tool.