Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation /
Colton, David, 1948-
Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation / David Colton, Robert W. Covert. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2007 - xvi, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Instruments and social inquiry -- Measurement -- Instrument construction, validity, and reliability -- Purposeful creativity : first steps in the development of an instrument -- Pretesting -- The structure and format of selection items -- Guidelines for writing selection items -- Selection items : alternative formats -- Supply items : open-ended questions -- Guidelines for constructing multi-item scales -- Organizing the instrument -- Administering the instrument -- Computers and instrument construction -- Managing the data and reporting the results.
9780787987848 (cloth) 2460 Bht 0787987840 (cloth)
SOCIAL SCIENCES--RESEARCH--METHODOLOGY
EVALUATION--METHODOLOGY.
H 62 / C64D 2007
Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation / David Colton, Robert W. Covert. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2007 - xvi, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Instruments and social inquiry -- Measurement -- Instrument construction, validity, and reliability -- Purposeful creativity : first steps in the development of an instrument -- Pretesting -- The structure and format of selection items -- Guidelines for writing selection items -- Selection items : alternative formats -- Supply items : open-ended questions -- Guidelines for constructing multi-item scales -- Organizing the instrument -- Administering the instrument -- Computers and instrument construction -- Managing the data and reporting the results.
9780787987848 (cloth) 2460 Bht 0787987840 (cloth)
SOCIAL SCIENCES--RESEARCH--METHODOLOGY
EVALUATION--METHODOLOGY.
H 62 / C64D 2007