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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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  1. DeVellis, R. F. (2016). Scale Development: Theory and Applications (4th ed.). SAGE Publications. ISBN: 978-1506341569
  2. 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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ScholarGateScale development (Scale Development). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/tr/psychometrics/scale-development