Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation/
Colton, David.
Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation/ David Colton and Robert W. Covert - 1st ed. - San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007. - xvi, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Figures, Exhibits, Tables, and Instruments.
Preface: Asking and Answering.
Feedback.
Acknowledgments.
The Authors.
PART ONE: CONCEPTS.
1. Introduction.
2. Instruments and Social Inquiry.
3. Measurement.
4. Instrument Construction, Validity, and Reliability.
PART TWO: APPLICATION.
5. Purposeful Creativity: First Steps in the Development of an Instrument.
6. Pretesting.
7. The Structure and Format of Selection Items.
8. Guidelines for Writing Selection Items.
9. Selection Items: Alternative Formats.
10. Supply Items: Open-Ended Questions.
11. Guidelines for Constructing Multi-Item Scales.
PART THREE: ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
12. Organizing the Instrument.
13. Administering the Instrument.
14. Computers and Instrument Construction.
15. Managing the Data and Reporting the Results.
References.
Index.
9780787987848
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
Evaluation -- Methodology
300.72 / COL/D
Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation/ David Colton and Robert W. Covert - 1st ed. - San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007. - xvi, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Figures, Exhibits, Tables, and Instruments.
Preface: Asking and Answering.
Feedback.
Acknowledgments.
The Authors.
PART ONE: CONCEPTS.
1. Introduction.
2. Instruments and Social Inquiry.
3. Measurement.
4. Instrument Construction, Validity, and Reliability.
PART TWO: APPLICATION.
5. Purposeful Creativity: First Steps in the Development of an Instrument.
6. Pretesting.
7. The Structure and Format of Selection Items.
8. Guidelines for Writing Selection Items.
9. Selection Items: Alternative Formats.
10. Supply Items: Open-Ended Questions.
11. Guidelines for Constructing Multi-Item Scales.
PART THREE: ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
12. Organizing the Instrument.
13. Administering the Instrument.
14. Computers and Instrument Construction.
15. Managing the Data and Reporting the Results.
References.
Index.
9780787987848
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
Evaluation -- Methodology
300.72 / COL/D