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	लघु-रूप मद विश्लेषण	स्केल विकास
क्षेत्र	मनोमिति	मनोमिति
परिवार	Latent structure	Latent structure
उद्भव वर्ष	1990s–2000s	1991–1995
प्रवर्तक	Psychometric tradition; methodological articulation by Smith, McCarthy & Anderson (2000)	Multiple contributors; codified by Robert DeVellis and Lee Anna Clark & David Watson
प्रकार	Item selection and evaluation procedure	Multi-step methodological framework
मौलिक स्रोत	Smith, G. T., McCarthy, D. M., & Anderson, K. G. (2000). On the sins of short-form development. Psychological Assessment, 12(1), 102–111.	DeVellis, R. F. (2016). Scale Development: Theory and Applications (4th ed.). SAGE Publications. ISBN: 978-1506341569
उपनाम	abbreviated scale item analysis, short-scale item evaluation, item screening for short forms, SFIA	questionnaire construction, instrument development, measurement scale construction, psychometric scale building
संबंधित	4	5
सारांश	Short-form item analysis is the systematic psychometric evaluation and selection of items when constructing an abbreviated version of a longer measurement instrument. It applies classical and modern item-analysis criteria — item-total correlations, reliability estimates, and factor structure — to identify the smallest item subset that preserves the original scale's psychometric integrity.	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.