Quantitative Design

"Quantitative data is information about quantities, and therefore numbers, and qualitative data is descriptive, and regards phenomenon which can be observed but not measured, such as language.

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Quantitative research gathers data in a numerical form which can be put into categories, or in rank order, or measured in units of measurement. This type of data can be used to construct graphs and tables of raw data." - SimplyPsychology.org

Methods may include: controlled observations and questionnaires.

Survey Design

Constructing Measures by Mark Wilson
ISBN: 9780805847857
Publication Date: 2004-10-14
Constructing Measures introduces a way to understand the advantages and disadvantages of measurement instruments, how to use such instruments, and how to apply these methods to develop new instruments or adapt old ones.
The Power of Survey Design by Giuseppe Iarossi; World Bank Staff
ISBN: 9780821363928
Publication Date: 2006-01-15
The Power of Survey Design not only reveals the multitude of survey design factors that play subtle but crucial roles in the accuracy of survey data and therefore can taint their interpretation, but also offers a guide to the steps involved in administering a survey and convincing potential respondents to participate.
Design, Evaluation, and Analysis of Questionnaires for Survey Research by Willem E. Saris; Irmtraud N. Gallhofer
ISBN: 9781118634486
Publication Date: 2014-01-09
A practical how-to guide on all the steps involved with survey implementation, this volume covers survey management, questionnaire design, sampling, respondent’s psychology and survey participation, and data management. A comprehensive and practical reference for those who both use and produce survey data.
Analysis of the Cognitive Interview in Questionnaire Design by Gordon B. Willis
ISBN: 9780199957750
Publication Date: 2015-04-23
The primary objective of cognitive interviewing, also known as cognitive testing, is to understand the cognitive mechanisms underlying the survey-response process. An equally important aim is contributing to the development of best practices for writing survey questions that are well understood and that produce low levels of response error.

Testing eBooks

Essentials of Psychological Testing by Susana Urbina
ISBN: 9781118707258
Publication Date: 2014-06-30
"Starting with a basic introduction to psychological tests, their historical development, and their uses, the book also covers the statistical procedures most frequently used in testing, the frames of reference for score interpretation, reliability, validity and test item considerations, as well as the latest guidelines for test selection, administration, scoring and reporting test results. Whether as an orientation for those new to the field, a refresher for those already acquainted with it, or as reference for seasoned clinicians, this book is an invaluable resource." Description from catalog.
Test Design: developments in psychology and psychometrics by Susan E. Embretson (Editor)
ISBN: 9781483266091
Publication Date: 2013-10-22
Part 1: reviews test design practices being used in test development
Part 2: design variables from psychological theory that includes implications of verbal comprehension theories in the role of intelligence and the effects of these implications on goals, design, scoring, and validation of tests
Part 3: discusses the latent trait models for test design that have numerous advantages in problems involving item banking, test equating, and computerized adaptive testing.
Part 4: examines test designs from the perspective of test developments in the future integrating technology, cognitive science, and psychometric theories.

Includes Hunt, Frost, and Lunnerbog Theory and single-latency distribution model.
Psychometrics by Sandip Sinharay (Volume Editor); C. R. Rao (Volume Editor)
ISBN: 9780444521033
Publication Date: 2006-11-08
This book presents a state of the art exposition of theoretical, methodological and applied issues in Psychometrics. This book represents a thorough cross section of internationally renowned thinkers who are inventing methods for dealing with recent challenging psychometric problems." Description from website.

Chapters include: History and overview of psychometrics, classical test theory, equating test scores, and many more that may be of interest.
Measurement in psychology: a critical history of a methodological concept by Joel Michell
Publication Date: 1999
"This book traces how such a seemingly immutable idea as measurement proved so malleable when it collided with the subject matter of psychology. It locates philosophical and social influences (such as scientism, practicalism and Pythagoreanism) reshaping the concept and, at the core of this reshaping, identifies a fundamental problem: the issue of whether psychological attributes really are quantitative. It argues that the idea of measurement now endorsed within psychology actually subverts attempts to establish a genuinely quantitative science and it urges a new direction. It relates views on measurement by thinkers such as Holder, Russell, Campbell and Nagel to earlier views, like those of Euclid and Oresme." Description from catalog.
Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes by John P. Robinson (Editor); Phillip R. Shaver (Editor); Lawrence S. Wrightsman (Editor)
ISBN: 9781483219844
Publication Date: 2013-10-22
"This is a reference book for measures of attitude or personality." From web description.
Clinician's Handbook of Adult Behavioral Assessment by Michel Hersen (Editor)
ISBN: 9780123430137
Publication Date: 2005-12-30
"The Clinician's Handbook of Adult Behavioral Assessment provides a single source for understanding new developments in this field, cutting across strategies, techniques, and disorders. Assessment strategies are presented in context with the research behind those strategies, along with discussions of clinical utility, and how assessment and conceptualization fit in with treatment planning." From web description.

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Subject Terms

These are just a few selected resources. If you are struggling to find more, try using Library of Congress Subject Headings to narrow your search. Some suggested terms include:

Psychometrics
Psychometrics-- History
Measurement, Psychological
Psychological measurement
Psychological scaling
Psychological statistics
Psychology--Measurement
Psychology--Methodology -- History
Psychology--Scaling
Scaling, Psychological

PSY 301 - Research Methods: Quantitative Design

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