Scale construction and psychometrics for social and personality psychology / R. Michael Furr.
| Author/creator | Furr, R. Michael author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2011. |
| Description | 1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations. |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | SAGE library of methods in social and personality psychology SAGE library of methods in social and personality psychology. ^A1165534 |
| Contents | Core Principles, Best Practices, and an Overview of Scale Construction -- Response Formats and Item Writing -- Evaluating Psychometric Properties: Dimensionality and Reliability -- Evaluating Psychometric Properties: Validity -- Threats to Psychometric Quality -- Difference Scores -- Confirmatory Factor Analysis -- Generalizability Theory -- Item Response Theory. |
| Summary | Providing conceptual and practical foundations in scale construction and psychometrics for producers and consumers of social/personality research, this guide covers principles practices and processes in scale construction, scale evaluation scale use and interpretation of research results. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147) and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: |
| Genre/form | Internet resource. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010935088 |
| ISBN | 9781299657182 (ebk) |
| ISBN | 1299657184 (ebk) |
| ISBN | 9781446209486 (ebk) |
| ISBN | 1446209482 (ebk) |
| ISBN | 9780857024046 |
| ISBN | 0857024043 |
| ISBN | (hbk.) |
| ISBN | (hbk.) |
| Stock number | 496968 MIL |