TY  - BOOK
AU  - Colton, David. 
AU  - Covert, Robert W.
TI  - Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation
SN  - 9780787987848
U1  - 300.72 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - San Francisco
PB  - Jossey-Bass
KW  - Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
KW  - Evaluation -- Methodology
N1  - 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.

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