Viswanathan, Madhu. <br/><br/>
Measurement error and research design / 
Madhu Viswanathan. 
 - Thousand Oaks :  Sage Publications,  c2005. 
 - xxi, 434 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-411) and index. 
<br/><br/>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 	 <br/> <br/>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 	 <br/> <br/>PT 3. WHAT CAUSES MEASUREMENT ERROR? / Overview / Sources of Measurement Error / Taxonomy of Error Sources / Summary 	 <br/> <br/>PT 4. CAN EMPIRICAL PROCEDURES PINPOINT TYPES OF MEASUREMENT ERROR? / Overview / Internal Consistency Reliability Procedures 	 <br/>Test-Retest Reliability Procedures / Factor Analysis Procedures / Validity Tests / Summary 	 <br/> <br/>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 	 <br/> <br/>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 	 <br/> <br/>PT 7. HOW DO MEASURES DIFFER? / Overview / Stimulus-Centered Versus Respondent-Centered Scales 	/ Formative and Reflective Indicators of Constructs / Summary 	 <br/> <br/>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 	 <br/> <br/>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 	 <br/> <br/>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 	 <br/> <br/>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 	 <br/> <br/>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 	 <br/> <br/>References<br/>Index<br/>About the Author 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1412906423 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004022908 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Research--Methodology.<br/>Measurement.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>H62  / .V54 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>001.42 VIS