TY  - BOOK
AU  - Colton,David
AU  - Covert,Robert W.
TI  - Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation
SN  - 9780787987848 (cloth)
AV  - H 62 C64D 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - San Francisco, CA
PB  - Jossey-Bass
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCES
KW  - RESEARCH
KW  - METHODOLOGY
KW  - EVALUATION
N1  - 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
ER  -