Fundamentals of measurement in applied research
By: Theresa A. Thorkildsen.
Publisher: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 550
Subjects: Education -- Research -- Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The role of measurement in research; title: Integrity in the research enterprise; title: Assumptions of psychometric measurement; title: Measuring attitudes; title: Measuring personality; title: Measuring intelligence; title: Measuring competence and skill; title: Measuring behavior and physiological reactions; title: Assumptions of developmental measurement; title: Representing structure and functioning; title: Measuring temporal change; title: Measuring diversity in human functioning; title: Assumptions about interpretive measurement; title: Measuring cycles of a life's course; title: Measuring group structures and functioning; title: Measuring micro- and macroculture.