Posted on May 10, 2009 by Kimberly McCollum
Another book summary in partial fulfillment of my independent reading assignment for graduate school.
Brief Review
I was assigned to read Assessing Affective Characteristics in Schools by Lorin Anderson and Sid Bourke. I found the text to be less technical than Summated Rating Scale Construction, but often more detailed in its advice. (This shouldn’t be particularly surprising, since Anderson [...]
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Posted on April 27, 2009 by Kimberly McCollum
A summary of Summated Rating Scale Construction: An Introduction by Paul E. Spector. This summary is provided in partial fulfillment of the requirements for my independent reading course this semester.
Brief Review
Spector uses the Work Locus of Control Survey throughout this work to exemplify the process of constructing summated rating scales. I found it more [...]
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