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BL
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1033646
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b788016
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| Main Entry
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Colton, David,1948-
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| Title & Author
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Designing and constructing instruments for social research and evaluation /\ David Colton and Robert W. Covert.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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San Francisco, CA :: Jossey-Bass,, ©2007.
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xvi, 394 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0787987840
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: 9780787987848
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-382) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Instruments and social inquiry -- Measurement -- Instrument construction, validity, and reliability -- Purposeful creativity : first steps in the development of an instrument -- Pretesting -- The structure and format of selection items -- Guidelines for writing selection items -- Selection items : alternative formats -- Supply items : open-ended questions -- Guidelines for constructing multi-item scales -- Organizing the instrument -- Administering the instrument -- Computers and instrument construction -- Managing the data and reporting the results.
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| Abstract
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"Designing and Constructing Instruments for Social Research and Evaluation is a comprehensive step-by-step guide to creating effective surveys, polls, questionnaires, customer satisfaction forms, ratings, checklists, and other instruments." "Written in easy-to-understand language, this text provides a systematic and commonsense approach to developing instruments for data collection and analysis. This book can be used by both those who are developing instruments for the first time and those who want to hone their skills, including students, agency personnel, program managers, and researchers."--Jacket.
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Evaluation-- Methodology.
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Social sciences-- Research-- Methodology.
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Évaluation-- Méthodologie.
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Sciences sociales-- Recherche-- Méthodologie.
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Evaluation
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Evaluation-- Messinstrument.
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Evaluation-- Methodology.
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Evaluation-- Methodology.
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Samhällsvetenskaplig forskning-- metodik.
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Social sciences-- Research-- Methodology.
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Social sciences-- Research-- Methodology.
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Sozialwissenschaften-- Messinstrument.
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Sozialwissenschaftliches Studium
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| Dewey Classification
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300.72
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H62.C583 2007
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| Added Entry
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Covert, Robert W.,1943-
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