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Designing and Constructing Instruments for Social Research and Evaluation [E-Book]
David Colton, Robert W. Covert
ISBN: 978-0-7879-9808-0
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350 pages
August 2007
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Table of 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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