Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation / David Colton and Robert W. Covert.

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	1st ed.
Published:	San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2007.
Main Author:	Colton, David, 1948-
Other Authors:	Covert, Robert W., 1943-
Subjects:	Social sciences > Research > Methodology. Evaluation > Methodology
Format:	Book

Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation /

Table of Contents:

Preface : asking and answering
Pt. 1. Concepts
1. Introduction
2. Instruments and social inquiry
3. Measurement
4. Instrument construction, validity, and reliability
Pt. 2. 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
Pt. 3. Organization and administration
12. Organizing the instrument
13. Administering the instrument
14. Computers and instrument construction
15. Managing the data and reporting the results.