Table of contents for Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation / David Colton and Robert W. Covert.
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Figures, Exhibits, Tables, and Instruments.
Preface: Asking and Answering.
Feedback.
Acknowledgments.
The Authors.
PART ONE: CONCEPTS.
1. Introduction.
2. Instruments and Social Inquiry.
3. Measurement.
4. Instrument Construction, Validity, and Reliability.
PART TWO: APPLICATION.
5. Purposeful Creativity: First Steps in the Development of an Instrument.
6. Pretesting.
7. The Structure and Format of Selection Items.
8. Guidelines for Writing Selection Items.
9. Selection Items: Alternative Formats.
10. Supply Items: Open-Ended Questions.
11. Guidelines for Constructing Multi-Item Scales.
PART THREE: ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
12. Organizing the Instrument.
13. Administering the Instrument.
14. Computers and Instrument Construction.
15. Managing the Data and Reporting the Results.
References.
Index.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology.
Evaluation -- Methodology.