Measurement error and research design / Madhu Viswanathan.
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TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c2005.Description: xxi, 434 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 1412906423 (pbk.)
- 001.42 VIS 22
- H62 .V54 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-411) and index.
PT 1. WHAT IS MEASUREMENT? / Overview / What Is Measurement Error? /Overview of Traditional Measure Development Procedures / Conceptual and Operational Definitions / Domain Delineation / Measure Design and Item Generation / Internal Consistency Reliability / Test-Retest Reliability / Dimensionality - Exploratory Factor Analysis /Dimensionality - Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling /Validity /General Issues in Measurement / Summary /Appendices
PT 2. WHAT IS MEASUREMENT ERROR? / Overview / Random Error / Systematic Error / Types of Random and Systematic Error / Illustrations of Measurement Error Through Error Patterns / Patterns of Responses in Measurement Error / Summary / Appendix
PT 3. WHAT CAUSES MEASUREMENT ERROR? / Overview / Sources of Measurement Error / Taxonomy of Error Sources / Summary
PT 4. CAN EMPIRICAL PROCEDURES PINPOINT TYPES OF MEASUREMENT ERROR? / Overview / Internal Consistency Reliability Procedures
Test-Retest Reliability Procedures / Factor Analysis Procedures / Validity Tests / Summary
PT 5. HOW CAN MEASUREMENT ERROR BE IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED FOR IN MEASURE DEVELOPMENT? / Overview /Guidelines for Identifying and Correcting For Error in Measure Development / Generic Issues in Designing Psychometric Tests /Item-to-Total Correlations (Internal Consistency Procedures) / Item Means / Test-Retest Correlations (Test-Retest Reliability) / Factor Loadings (Exploratory Factor Analysis) / Residuals (Confirmatory Factor Analysis) / Cross-Construct Correlations (Validity Tests) / Conditions of Future Use of Measures Discussion / Summary
PT 6. HOW CAN ERROR BE IDENTIFIED THROUGH INNOVATIVE DESIGN AND ANALYSES? / Overview / Using Internal Consistency and Test-Retest Reliability in Conjunction / Using Correlations Across Item-Level Correlations / Empirical Assessment of Item-Sequencing Effects / Summary
PT 7. HOW DO MEASURES DIFFER? / Overview / Stimulus-Centered Versus Respondent-Centered Scales / Formative and Reflective Indicators of Constructs / Summary
PT 8. WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF MEASURES AND MEASUREMENT ACROSS VARIOUS DISCIPLINES? / Overview / Types of Measures / Types of Response Formats / Specific Examples of Scales From Different Disciplines / Cross-Cultural Measurement /Summary
PT 9. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF UNDERSTANDING MEASUREMENT ERROR FOR RESEARCH DESIGN AND ANALYSIS? / Overview /Implications for Using Measures in Research Design / Implications for Using Structural Equation Modeling / Implications for Applied Research /Summary
PT 10. HOW DOES MEASUREMENT ERROR AFFECT RESEARCH DESIGN? / Overview / Types of Research Designs / Measurement Error in Survey Designs /Measurement Error in Experimental Designs /Research Design and Measurement Error / Summary / Appendices
PT 11. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF MEASUREMENT IN SCIENCE? / Overview / Assumptions of Measurement / Qualitative Versus Quantitative Research / Measuring the "Measurable" / From Physical to Psychological Measurement / Informal Measurement / Ethics in Measurement / Summary
PT 12. WHAT ARE THE KEY PRINCIPLES AND GUIDING ORIENTATIONS OF THIS BOOK? / Overview / Summary of Chapters / Implications for / Measurement and Research Design / Summary of Orientations
References
Index
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