Unidimensional Scaling

McIver, John K.; Carmines, Edward G.

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“…Common practices in the area of scale development were followed. [26][27][28][29] In the first phase, an initial set of 86 items or statements concerning feelings and thoughts about ED, along with the corresponding life impact of ED for men with ED, was identified. This process of item generation included a search of the clinical literature on ED and quality-of-life scales, followed by focus groups of 35 men with ED (aged 40-75 y), 34 female partners of these men, and 27 physicians (10 internal medicine, 11 general or family practice, 6 urology) conducted in March 2000.…”

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Development and validation of the Self-Esteem And Relationship (SEAR) questionnaire in erectile dysfunction

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Development and validation of a patient-reported measure of psychosocial variables in men with erectile dysfunction (ED) is described. Literature review, focus groups, and medical specialists identified 86 potential items. Redundant, ambiguous, or low item-to-total correlation items were removed. Data from 98 men reporting diagnosed ED and 94 controls assisted in final item selection and psychometric evaluation. Treatment responsiveness was evaluated in 93 men with ED in a 10-week open-label trial of sildenafil citrate (Viagra s ). The 14 chosen items resolved into two domains: Sexual Relationship (eight items) and Confidence (six items), the latter comprising Self-Esteem (four items) and Overall Relationship (two items) subscales. The resulting Self-Esteem And Relationship (SEAR) questionnaire demonstrated validity and reliability. The intervention study demonstrated responsiveness to beneficial treatment with significant improvement in scores (P¼0.0001). The SEAR questionnaire possesses strong psychometric properties that support its validity and reliability for measuring sexual relationship, confidence, and particularly self-esteem.

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“…Why this paradox exists is not entirely clear. Perhaps a paucity of graduate training on survey design is to blame; perhaps too much of the scholarly guidance on questionnaire development remains sequestered in methodology journals thereby eluding those who actually design surveys; or perhaps long-standing habits of developing scales through the solitary Likert approach (McIver & Carmines, 1981) die hard, despite the availability of new techniques. Presumably, some truth resides in each of these explanations.…”

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“…Scales are more complicated to develop and take more respondent time. However, they pay dividends to researchers by more fully, precisely, and reliably assessing the underlying construct (McIver & Carmines, 1981). As a consequence of these virtues, scales are widely employed across most sub-fields within psychology.…”

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Measure Twice, Cut down Error: A Process for Enhancing the Validity of Survey Scales

Gehlbach

Brinkworth

2011

Review of General Psychology

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For years psychologists across many subfields have undertaken the formidable challenge of designing survey scales to assess attitudes, opinions, and behaviors. Correspondingly, scholars have written much to guide researchers in this undertaking. Yet, many new scales violate established best practices in survey design, suggesting the need for a new approach to designing surveys. This article presents 6 steps to facilitate the construction of questionnaire scales. Unlike previous processes, this one front loads input from other academics and potential respondents in the item-development and revision phase with the goal of achieving credibility across both populations. Specifically, the article describes how (a) a literature review and (b) focus group-interview data can be (c) synthesized into a comprehensive list to facilitate (d) the development of items. Next, survey designers can subject the items to (e) an expert review and (f) cognitive pretesting before executing a pilot test.

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“…The first section related to demographic data. The second section incorporated a Likert scale [17] to allow participants to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the tool's functionality and utilities, as illustrated in Table 1 and also referenced in Figure 3. In this survey, the Likert scale provided five response options to participants and they were required to select from these when assessing the tool; number one on the scale represented not useful at all or very difficult to use while five represented very useful or very easy to use.…”

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How to Create an E-Advertising Adaptation Strategy: The AEADS Approach

Qaffas

Cristea

2014

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

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Abstract. During recent years, the internet and online marketing have experienced a continuous growth. Web-based advertisement is used to target users easily, without place or time limitation. Personalization is an ingenious way to potentially increase the effectiveness and efficiency of web-based advertisements. In this paper, a model for creating personalisation specification for businesses (adaptation strategies), based on adaptation rules, is introduced. The paper also implements a version of this model and presents its evaluation.

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Unidimensional Scaling

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Development and validation of the Self-Esteem And Relationship (SEAR) questionnaire in erectile dysfunction

Development and validation of the Self-Esteem And Relationship (SEAR) questionnaire in erectile dysfunction

Measure Twice, Cut down Error: A Process for Enhancing the Validity of Survey Scales

How to Create an E-Advertising Adaptation Strategy: The AEADS Approach

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