Selecting Research Methods Vol. - III: Methods for Coding and Measuring Data

VOLUME 3: METHODS FOR CODING & MEASURING DATA Can there be Reliability without "Reliability"? The Meaning and Consequences of "Reliability" My Current Thoughts on Coefficient Alpha and its Successor Procedures Reliability: Arguments for multiple perspectives and potential problems with generalization across studies Reliability: A Rasch Perspective Instructional Program Coherence: What it is and why it should guide school improvement policy Measurement Validity: A shared standard for qualitative and quantitative research What Good are Statistics that don't Generalize? Enhancing the Validity and Cross-Cultural Comparability of Measurement in Survey Research Death by Survey: Estimating Adult mortality without selection bias from sibling survival data Ratings and Rankings: Reconsidering the structure of values and their measurement A Lot More To Do: The sensitivity of time-series cross-section analyses to simple alternative specifications Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questions Research Synthesis: The practice of cognitive interviewing Pretesting Experimental Instructions Use of Exploratory Factor Analysis in Published Research: Common errors and some comment on improved practice Comparing Check-all and Forced-Choice Question Formats in Web Surveys Helping Respondents Get it Right the First Time: The influence of words, symbols, and graphics in web surveys An Assessment of Alternative Measures of Time Use Event History Calendars and Question List Surveys: A direct comparison of interviewing methods