'Scaling Procedures' examines the issues involved in developing and validating multi-item self-report scales of latent constructs. It supplies cutting-edge strategies for developing and refining measures.
A new edition of this practical guide for clinicians who are developing tools to measure subjective states, attitudes, or non-tangible outcomes in their patients, suitable for those who have no knowledge of statistics.
Q methodology
by Thomas, Dan, MacKeown, Bruce
fromQuantitative applications in the social sciences
The second edition of the first book on Q methodology for social scientists reviews the philosophical foundations of subjective communicability (concourse theory), operant subjectivity, and quantum-theoretical aspects of Q as relevant to the social and behavioral sciences. The a…
'Scale Development' guides the reader toward the identification of the latent variable, the generation of an item pool, the format for measurement & the optimization of the scale length. Using exercises to illustrate the concepts, the text also includes advice about factor analy…
'Scale Development' guides the reader toward the identification of the latent variable, the generation of an item pool, the format for measurement & the optimization of the scale length. Using exercises to illustrate the concepts, the text also includes advice about factor analy…
The author presents an accessible guide to latent class scaling models for binary response variables. Covered in the book are: a survey on academic cheating; children's mastery of spatial tasks; medical diagnosis of lung disease.
