Scaling Procedures Issues and Applications
Scaling Procedures Issues and Applications by Richard G. Netemeyer, published by SAGE on March 12, 2003, is a comprehensive resource that addresses the challenges faced by social science researchers in developing effective measurement tools. This 206-page book focuses on the creation and validation of multi-item self-report scales for latent social-psychological constructs, providing a structured four-step approach. The authors, who are distinguished researchers and educators, emphasize the importance of theory in scale development and offer empirical examples to illustrate key concepts.
Readers will find a detailed exploration of measurement techniques in the social sciences, including discussions on dimensionality, reliability, and validity. The book presents strategies for generating measurement items and conducting studies to refine scales, along with confirmatory factor analyses for finalizing the development process. Designed for graduate students and researchers in measurement, psychometrics, and survey research, this edition serves as a practical handbook for those in various disciplines, including business, psychology, and sociology.
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Effective measurement is a cornerstone of scientific research. Yet many social science researchers lack the tools to develop appropriate assessment instruments for the measurement of latent social-psychological constructs.
Scaling Procedures: Issues and Applications examines the issues involved in developing and validating multi-item self-report scales of latent constructs. Distinguished researchers and award-winning educators Richard G. Netemeyer, William O. Bearden, and Subhash Sharma present a four-step approach for multi-indicator scale development. With these steps, the authors include relevant empirical examples and a review of the concepts of dimensionality, reliability, and validity.
Interdisciplinary in application, this reader-friendly handbook includes
- A discussion of measurement in the social sciences and the importance of theory in scale development
- Techniques for assessing dimensionality of constructs
- An overview of reliability and validity models, theory, and criteria
- Suggestions for generating and judging measurement items
- Recommended procedures for designing and conducting studies to develop the scale
- Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) for finalizing the scale
Scaling Procedures: Issues and Applications supplies cutting-edge strategies for developing and refining measures. Providing concise chapter introductions and summaries, as well as numerous tables, figures, and exhibits, the authors present recommended steps and overlapping activities in a logical, sequential progression.
Designed for graduate students in measurement/psychometrics, structural equation modeling, and survey research seminars across the social science disciplines, Scaling Procedures: Issues and Applications also addresses the needs of researchers and academics in all business, psychology, and sociology-related disciplines.
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