Designing and Constructing Instruments for Social Research and Evaluation by Dav

Description: Designing and Constructing Instruments for Social Research and Evaluation by David Colton, Robert W. Covert Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This comprehensive guide provides a step-by-step approach to creating effective surveys, polls, questionnaires, customer satisfaction forms, ratings, checklists, and other instruments for social sciences research. This book is organized according to the process of instrument construction and takes the reader through each of the steps. Publisher Description Written in easy-to-understand language, this important 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. This book provides a thorough presentation of instrument construction, from conception to development and pre-testing of items, formatting the instrument, administration, and, finally, data management and presentation of the findings. Throughout the book, the authors emphasize how to create an instrument that will produce trustworthy and accurate data. To that end they have included guidelines for reviewing and revising the questionnaire to enhance validity and reliability. They also show how to work effectively with stakeholders such as instruments designers, decision-makers, agency personnel, clients, and raters or respondents. Author Biography David Colton, Ph.D., is adjunct professor at the University of Virginias Curry School of Graduate Studies in the program in Research, Statistics, and Evaluation, and in the Department of Health Care Administration, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia. Robert W. Covert, Ph.D., is associate professor at the University of Virginias Curry School of Graduate Studies in the program in Research, Statistics, and Evaluation. Details ISBN 0787987840 ISBN-13 9780787987848 Title Designing and Constructing Instruments for Social Research and Evaluation Author David Colton, Robert W. Covert Format Paperback Year 2007 Pages 416 Edition 1st Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc GE_Item_ID:4576467; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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