This text was prepared for a graduate level course in affective instrument development with a focus on the school-educational environment. A major change in this second edition is the inclusion of research on attitudes and values from the corporate domain. Self-efficacy has also been included as a major affective variable with implications for both educational and corporate worlds. The following methodological techniques have also been included in this edition: confirmatory factor analysis, causal modeling, Rasch latent trait techniques and generalizability theory. The techniques described, and the school and corporate environment data sets included, represent attempts over several years to prepare materials that would illustrate appropriate instrument development techniques in the affective domain. The need for this text became apparent after witnessing several large-scale research projects that were hindered by inadequately prepared instruments. Researchers in these projects were often not aware of the need to use appropriate procedures in developing affective instruments; furthermore, there were few comprehensive and readable texts that could help. The text was developed to meet this important need.

Instrument Development in the Affective Domain: Measuring Attitudes and Values in Corporate and School Settings (Evaluation in Education and Human Services)

Gable, Robert K.

Wolf, Marian B.

Science & Math

Springer

Instrument Development in the Affective Domain: School and Corporate Applications

Whether the concept being studied is job satisfaction, self-efficacy, or student motivation, values and attitudes--affective characteristics--provide crucial keys to how individuals think, learn, and behave. And not surprisingly, as measurement of these traitsgains importance in the academic and corporate worlds, there is an ongoing need for valid, scientifically sound instruments. 
For those involved in creating self-report measures, the completely updated Third Edition of Instrument Development in the Affective Domain balances the art and science of instrument development and evaluation, covering both its conceptual and technical aspects. The book is written to be accessible with the minimum of statistical background, and reviews affective constructs from a measurement standpoint. Examples are drawn from academic and business settings for insights into design as well as the relevance of affective measures to educational and corporate testing. This systematic analysis of all phases of the design process includes: 
<ul>
<li>Measurement, scaling, and item-writing techniques.</li>
<li>Validity issues: collecting evidence based on instrument content.</li>
<li>Testing the internal structure of an instrument: exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. </li>
<li>Measurement invariance and other advanced methods for examining internal structure.</li>
<li>Strengthening the validity argument: relationships to external variables. </li>
<li>Addressing reliability issues. </li>
</ul>
As a graduate course between covers and an invaluable professional tool, the Third Edition of Instrument Design in the Affective Domain will be hailed as a bedrock resource by researchers and students in psychology, education, and the social sciences, as well as human resource professionals in the corporate world.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

McCoach, D. Betsy

Madura, John P.

Psychology & Counseling

Whether the concept being studied is job satisfaction, self-efficacy, or student motivation, values and attitudes--affective characteristics--provide crucial keys to how individuals think, learn, and behave. And not surprisingly, as measurement of these traits gains importance in the academic and corporate worlds, there is an ongoing need for valid, scientifically sound instruments. For those involved in creating self-report measures, the completely updated Third Edition of Instrument Development in the Affective Domain balances the art and science of instrument development and evaluation, covering both its conceptual and technical aspects. The book is written to be accessible with the minimum of statistical background, and reviews affective constructs from a measurement standpoint. Examples are drawn from academic and business settings for insights into design as well as the relevance of affective measures to educational and corporate testing. This systematic analysis of all phases of the design process includes:  Measurement, scaling, and item-writing techniques.Validity issues: collecting evidence based on instrument content.Testing the internal structure of an instrument: exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.  Measurement invariance and other advanced methods for examining internal structure.Strengthening the validity argument: relationships to external variables. Addressing reliability issues. As a graduate course between covers and an invaluable professional tool, the Third Edition of Instrument Design in the Affective Domain will be hailed as a bedrock resource by researchers and students in psychology, education, and the social sciences, as well as human resource professionals in the corporate world.

1 Affective Characteristics: Their Conceptual Definitions.- 2 Constructing Affective Instruments.- 3 Scaling Affective Characteristics.- 4 The Validity of Affective Instruments.- 5 The Reliability of Affective Instruments.- 6 A Review of the Steps for Developing an Affective Instrument.- References.- Appendixes A. Semantic Differential: Me As a Counselor.- B. Occupational Values Inventory: Normative Form 191 Occupational Values Inventory: Ipsative Form.- Author Index.

Instrument Development in the Affective Domain (Evaluation in Education and Human Services)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

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Instrument Development in the Affective Domain: Measuring Attitudes and Values in Corporate and School Settings (Evaluation in Education and Human Services)

Instrument Development in the Affective Domain: School and Corporate Applications

Instrument Development in the Affective Domain: School and Corporate Applications

Instrument Development in the Affective Domain (Evaluation in Education and Human Services)