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Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation/ David Colton and Robert W. Covert

By: Colton, DavidContributor(s): Covert, Robert WMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780787987848Subject(s): Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology | Evaluation -- MethodologyDDC classification: 300.72

Contents:

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	300.72 COL/D (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P04787

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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.

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