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Scale development

Scale development is a structured, multi-step process for creating psychometrically sound measurement instruments that capture latent psychological constructs. It encompasses construct definition, item generation, expert review, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, reliability estimation, and validity evidence collection — producing a final set of items suitable for quantitative research.

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Scale Development
Taxonomic method record · latent-structure / psychometrics
  • DeVellis, R. F. (2016). Scale Development: Theory and Applications (4th ed.). SAGE Publications. · ISBN 978-1506341569
  • Clark, L. A. & Watson, D. (1995). Constructing validity: Basic issues in objective scale construction. Psychological Assessment, 7(3), 309–319. · DOI 10.1037/1040-3590.7.3.309
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Taxonomic bucketConfirmatory factor analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketConstruct Validitymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketContent Validitymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyEFAmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketItem Response Theorymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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