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050 00 $aQC39$b.S24 2010
245 04 $aThe SAGE handbook of measurement /$cedited by Geoffrey Walford, Eric Tucker, and Madhu Viswanathan.
260 $aLos Angeles :$bSAGE,$c2010.
300 $axxii, 626 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 00 $tReflections on social measurement: how social scientists generate, modify, and validate indicators and scales /$rEric Tucker ; Madhu Viswanathan ; Geoffrey Walford --$gSection one: Methods for data collection -- Surveys, tests, and observational scales --$tHow to get valid answers from survey questions: what we learned from asking about sexual behavior and the measurement of sexuality /$rAniruddha Das ; Edward O. Laumann --$tThe SAT®: design principles and innovations of a quintessential American social indicator /$rHoward T. Everson --$tMeasurement as cooperative communication: what research participants learn from questionnaires /$rNorbert Schwarz --$tDeveloping observation instruments and arriving at inter-rater reliability for a range of contexts and raters: the early childhood environment rating scales /$rElena Soucacou ; Kathy Sylva --$tStudying teacher effectiveness: the challenges of developing valid measures /$rLinda Darling-Hammond ; Jack Diechmann ; Ed Haertel ; Rachel Lotan ; Xiaoxia Newton ; Sandy Philipose ; Eliza Spang ; Ewart Thomas ; Peter Williamson --$tIdentifying consumers' compulsive buying tendencies: lessons learned for measuring consumer-related phenomena /$rKent B. Monroe ; Nancy M. Ridgway ; Monika Kukar-Kinney --$gSection two: The context of measurement -- Comparative, cultural, linguistic, and international dimensions --$tLinguistic factors in the assessment of English language learners /$rJamal Abedi --$tMeasurement issues in cross-cultural research /$rA. Timothy Church --$tConceptualizing and measuring culture: problems and solutions /$rLouis Tay ; Sang Eun Woo ; Jennifer Klafehn ; Chi-yue Chiu --$tInternational comparisons of educational attainment: purposes, processes, and problems /$rDavid Phillips --$gMeasurement across time and space --$tReflections on measuring behavior: time and the grid /$rRoger Bakeman --$tApproaches to measuring multi-dimension constructs across the life course: operationalizing depression over the lifespan /$rBrian Mezuk ; William W. Eaton --$tDescription and discovery in socio-spatial analysis: the case of space syntax /$rBill Hillier ; Noah Raford --$gSection three: Fundamental issues in measurement -- Minimizing measurement error --$tUnderstanding the intangibles of measurement in the social sciences /$rMadhu Viswanathan --$tTowards a more rigorous scientific approach to social measurement: considering a grounded indicator approach to developing measurement tools /$rEric Tucker --$gTheorisation of constructs --$tMeasuring conceptualisations of morality: or how to invent a construct and measure it too /$rRemo Ostini --$tThe problem with poverty: definition, measurement and interpretation /$rRobert Walker ; Mark Tomlinson ; Glenn Williams --$gCritical and ethical perspectives --$tEthical issues in social measurement / Martin Bulmer ; Josephine Ocloo --$tMeasuring is more than assigning numbers /$rStephen Gorard --$tIs social measurement possible, and is it necessary? /$rMartyn Hammersley --$gSection four: The real world practice of measurement -- Sensitive issues and the difficult to measure --$tSensitive issues and the difficulty to measure: the case of measuring child sexual abuse /$rWill Tucker ; Ross Cheit --$tIndirect measurement /$rDavid J. Bartholomew --$gImproving the practice of measurement --$tIncreasing the measurement accuracy of consumption intentions /$rBrian Wansink --$tMaking applied measurement effective and efficient /$rUjwal Kayandé --$tContemporary challenges of longitudinal measurement using HRS data /$rJohn J. McArdle --$tMeasuring the dimensions of social capital in developing countries /$rVeronica Nyhan Jones ; Michael Woolcock --$gAdministrative and secondary data and performance measurement --$tThe use of administrative data to answer policy questions: secondary data on crime and the problem with homicide /$rMarc Riedel --$tAssessing performance of school systems: the measurement and assessment challenges of NCLB /$rSean Mulvenon.
650 0 $aMeasurement$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650 0 $aSocial sciences$xStatistical methods.
650 0 $aResearch$xMethodology.
650 17 $aMeetmethoden.$2gtt
650 17 $aSociale wetenschappen.$2gtt
700 1 $aWalford, Geoffrey.
700 1 $aTucker, Eric,$d1980-
700 1 $aViswanathan, Madhu.