Social measurement

Author(s)

• Campbell, Donald Thomas
• Russo, M. Jean

Bibliographic Information

Social measurement

Donald T. Campbell, M. Jean Russo

（Sage classics, v. 3）

Sage Publications, c2001

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

Bibliographical references: p. 463-488

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book provides researchers, evaluators, and graduate students with a user-friendly presentation of Campbell's essential work (including his latest thoughts on some of his classic works) in social measurement. The book includes Campbell's arguments as to why qualitative approaches belong with quantitative ones as the assumptive background to relevant quantitative measures, his debate with deconstructionists and social constructionists on measurement validity, and an expansion and further explanation of his multitrait-multimethod matrix. By including overviews for each part and article as well as provide social scientists with useful insights into Campbell's papers in a format accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

Table of Contents

Introduction PART ONE: VALIDITY OF ATTITUDE AND PERSONALITY TESTS Types of Validity Construct, Trait, or Discriminant Validity Multitrait-Multimethod Validity Matrix Does the method of Measurement Add Irrelevancies or Does It Dilute? The Current Status of Research on the Multitrait-Multimethod Validity Matrix The Contemporary Philosophy of Science Appropriate to the Multitrait-Multimethod Validity Matrix Biases in Attitude and personality Scales PART TWO: INDIRECT MEASURES Fifteen Validity Issues Affecting All Measures Indirect Attitude Measures Seating Patterns as an Attitude Index PART THREE: QUALITATIVE AND ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACHES Qualitative Research Methods in Program Evaluation The Qualitative Case Study Using the Anthropologist's Informants The Translation of Personality and Attitude Tests Field-Manual Anthropology PART FOUR: THE USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS Administrative Records as Ontinuous Experimental Laboratories for Experimental Innovations Welfare Recipients and Social Workers as Judges of the Effectiveness of the Program PART FIVE: ETHICS AND RIGHTS OF SUBJECTS Preserving Confidentiality Protection of Research Participants

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Details

• NCID: BA56151536
• ISBN:
  • 0761904069
  • 0761904077
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 509 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : H61.C2374
  • DC21 : 300/.7/2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Social sciences -- Methodology
  • LCSH : Social sciences -- Statistical methods
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA39997399