- Paperback: 184 pages
- Publisher: Sage Publications (Mar 25 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0761926054
- ISBN-13: 978-0761926054
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #191,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Some readers prefer computational illustration while others are more comfortable with verbal explanations. Robert DeVellis provides both." Family Medicine "Robert DeVellis has written a short primer on multi-item scales that will be of value to any researcher seeking to develop his or her own scale, to evaluate an existing scale, or just to understand more about scale development." Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
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A best-seller in its First Edition, Scale Development: Theory and Applications, Second Edition has been extensively updated and revised to address changes in the field and topics that have grown in importance since the First Edition. Widely adopted for graduate courses in departments such as Psychology, Public Health, Marketing, Nursing, and Education, this book will prove beneficial to applied researchers across the social sciences. New to the Second Edition are figures and practical tips for students, a new section on face validity (Chapter 4), a substantially expanded presentation of factor analysis (Chapter 6), a new chapter (7) on item response theory (IRT), coverage of qualitative procedures, and issues related to differential item functioning (Chapter 8).
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1. A health psychologist faces a common dilemma: the measurement scale she needs apparently does not exist. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A easy reading monograph in scale development,
By Vong Tze Ngai (Macau) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Scale Development: Theory and Applications (Paperback)
It's a worth reading for those who wishes to know more about scale development. Chapters on "Reliability" and "Validity" are a bit too brief, I dare say. On the other hand, Chapter 5 provides really easy to follow, step by step instructions in building a scale. Readers following through these instructions shouldn't find difficulty constucting their own scales! Perhaps, for those who wishes to know more about issues concerning scale reliability and validity, they may refer to Spector's "Summated Rating Scale Construction (A Sage publication).
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4.5 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews) 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A easy reading monograph in scale development,
By Vong Tze Ngai - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scale Development: Theory and Applications (Paperback)
It's a worth reading for those who wishes to know more about scale development. Chapters on "Reliability" and "Validity" are a bit too brief, I dare say. On the other hand, Chapter 5 provides really easy to follow, step by step instructions in building a scale. Readers following through these instructions shouldn't find difficulty constucting their own scales! Perhaps, for those who wishes to know more about issues concerning scale reliability and validity, they may refer to Spector's "Summated Rating Scale Construction (A Sage publication).
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Nice overview of the scale construction process,
By Amrit Tiwana "www.bus.iastate.edu/tiwana" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scale Development: Theory and Applications (Paperback)
If you've never developed scales for survey research before, this is probably one of the most readable and actionable books describing the process step by step. Browse through it in your local library before you buy a copy. Highly recommended.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Very helpful resource,
By tanner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scale Development: Theory and Applications (Paperback)
This short volume is an excellent overview of how to create scales and indexes from survey items. The author assumes familiarity with the concepts behind reliability and validity, so the book is best used a supplement to an already developed measurement foundation. I highly recommend adding this to your reference library, I am sure you will refer to it throughout your career.
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