| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 213 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and indexes. |
| Summary |
This book introduces a way to understand the advantages and disadvantages of measurement instruments, how to use such instruments, and how to apply these methods to develop new instruments or adapt old ones. It is organized around the steps taken while constructing an instrument and opens with a summary of the constructive steps involved. Each step is then expanded on in the next four chapters. These chapters develop the "building blocks" that make up an instrument -- the construct map, the design plan for the items, the outcome space, and the statistical measurement model. The next three chapters focus on quality control. They rely heavily on the calibrated construct map and review how to check if scores are operating consistently and how to evaluate the reliability and validity evidence. |
| Contents |
Part I.A Constructive approach to measurement. Construct modeling: the "4 building blocks" approach -- Part II. The four building blocks. Construct maps ; The items design ; The outcome space ; The measurement model -- Part III. Quality control methods. Choosing and evaluating a measurement model ; Reliability ; Validity -- Part IV. A beginning rather than a conclusion. Next steps in measuring. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psychometrics.
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Psychometrics. |
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Psychology -- Research -- Methodology.
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Psychology -- Research -- Methodology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wilson, Mark, 1954- Constructing measures. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005 0805847855 (DLC) 2004049712 (OCoLC)55105588 |
| ISBN |
1410611698 (electronic book) |
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9781410611697 (electronic book) |
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0805847855 (alkaline paper) |
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