Instrument Development in the Affective Domain - Gable, Robert K.

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Sommaire:
1 Affective Characteristics in School and Corporate Environments: Their Conceptual Definitions.- School Environment.- Corporate Environment.- What are Affective Characteristics?.- Types of Affective Characteristics.- Attitudes.- Self-Efficacy.- Values.- Self-Concept.- Interest.- Relationships Among the Affective Characteristics.- Additional Readings.- 2 Constructing Affective Instruments.- Operational Definitions.- The Domain-Referenced Approach.- Item Content Sources.- Summary.- 3 Scaling Affective Characteristics.- Measurement.- Fishbein's Expectancy-Value Model.- Thurstone Equal-Appearing Interval Scale.- Likert's Summated Rating Techniques.- Latent Trait Models.- Semantic-Differential Scales.- Fishbein's Expectancy-Value Model: An Illustration.- Ipsative Versus Normative Scale Properties.- Ipsative Measures.- Normative Measures.- An Illustration.- Summary.- Additional Readings.- 4 The Validity of Affective Instruments.- Validity Evidence.- Content Validity.- Construct Validity.- Correlation.- Factor Analysis.- SPSSX Exploratory Factor Analysis.- Computer Output: Expoloratory Factor Analysis.- Confirmatory Factor Analysis.- Computer Output: Confirmatory Factor Analysis.- Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix.- Causal Modeling.- Rasch Latent Trait Analysis.- Item Bias.- Known Groups.- Criterion-Related Validity.- Summary.- Additional Readings.- 5 The Reliability of Affective Instruments.- Reliability Theory.- Sources of Error: Generalizability Theory.- Types of Reliability Coefficients.- Factors Affecting Reliability.- Acceptable Levels of Reliability.- The Relationship of Reliability to Validity.- Computer Output: Reliability.- Varimax and Oblique Factor Solution Reliabilities.- Now It's Your Turn.- Additional Readings.- 6 A Review of the Steps for Developing anAffective Instrument.- Suggested Steps in Affective Instrument Development.- References.- Appendixes.- A. Semantic Differential: Me as a Counselor.- B. Occupational Values Inventory: Normative Form Occupational Values Inventory: Ipsative Form.- C. Example of Generalizability Study and Decision Study.- Author Index.