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.
