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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Colton, David, 1948-
Other Authors: Covert, Robert W., 1943-
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2007], ©2007.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Research > Methodology.
Evaluation > Methodology.
Physical Description:xvi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 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.