How to Measure Survey Reliability and Validity

1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-8039-5704-6
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 96 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 170 g

UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles

Aimed at helping readers improve the accuracy of their survey, Litwin's book guides in assessing and interpreting the quality of their survey data by thoroughly examining the survey instrument used. The book also explains how to code and pilot test new and established surveys. In addition, it covers such issues as how to measure reliability (e.g., test-retest, alternate-form, internal consistency, inter-observer, and intra-observer reliability), how to measure validity (including content, criterion, and construct validity), how to address cross-cultural issues in survey research, and how to scale and score a survey.

"I found this work to be of very high quality with respect to both content and writing. It is commendable in terms of communicating and facilitating understanding of sometimes difficult concepts. It will make an excellent text for my introductory course on survey research and, I imagine, for many similar or related courses in the social sciences or education. All the pedagogical features, including the exercises, are excellent, and the level of writing throughout not only is appropriate for an introductory volume, but also engaging and lively."

--Daniel U. Levine, Department of Education, University of Nebraska

Autoren/Hrsg.

Litwin, Mark S.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Datenanalyse, Datenverarbeitung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

How to Measure Survey Reliability and Validity
Learning Objectives
Overview of Psychometrics
Reliability
Validity
Scaling and Scoring
Creating and Using a Codebook
Pilot Testing
Multicultural Issues

Über Autor(innen)

Litwin, Mark S.
Chair, Department of Urology. Professor of Urology and Public Health. He trained at Harvard and specializes in testicular, bladder, prostate and kidney cancer. Dr. Litwin’s research focuses on improving quality of care and quality of life in urologic oncology. He leads Urologic Diseases in America (www.udaonline.net), the NIH’s largest effort at documenting the burden of urologic diseases on the American people. He also created and directs IMPACT, a state-funded program that provides free medical care statewide for low-income, uninsured men with prostate cancer (www.california-impact.org).