04354cam a22002774a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000220008804000180011004200080012805000190013608200190015510000240017424500640019826000480026230000340031050400640034450533280040865000440373665000170378085600820379785600910387985601060397013736797OSt20190816124048.0040930s2005    caua     b    001 0 eng    a  2004022908  a1412906423 (pbk.)  aDLCcDLCdDLC  apcc00aH62b.V54 200500a001.42 VIS2221 aViswanathan, Madhu.10aMeasurement error and research design /cMadhu Viswanathan.  aThousand Oaks :bSage Publications,cc2005.  axxi, 434 p. :bill. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 393-411) and index.  aPT 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 	 
 
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