An Introduction to Scale Development
Please note: this is a pre-recorded workshop and is not run live.
This session will introduce students to the procedures used to develop reliable and valid scales, allowing them to accurately measure a variety of personal and social variables which would otherwise not be directly observable. Led by a tutor well-known for her scale development work in the context of self-determination theory – having designed and implemented both ‘The Controlling Coach Behaviour Scale’ (cited 446 times since 2010) and ‘The Psychological Need Thwarting Scale’ (cited 546 times since 2011) - the session will explore the scale development process from start to finish, beginning with item generation, and moving on to the piloting of items, through data collection, and concluding with a guide to various data analytic techniques, including exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, as well as appropriate tests of reliability and validity.
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Key learning outcomes
By the end of this session you will:
- Have an understanding of the procedures required to develop a reliable and valid scale measure
- Have an understanding of item generation and piloting techniques
- Be able to emply a range of relevant data analytic techniques, including exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, as well as appropriate tests of reliability and validity
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