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The construct validity of pre-built Likert-type attitude scales
A number of survey research efforts in South Africa have neglected to examine the validity of attitude scales designed for and validated on other populations. Methods for testing the validity of attitude scales constructed using Likert' s ( 1932) sum mated ratings method are discussed and demonstr...
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| author | Couper, Michael Patrick |
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| description | A number of survey research efforts in South Africa have neglected to examine the validity of attitude scales designed for and validated on other populations. Methods for testing the validity of attitude scales constructed using Likert' s ( 1932) sum mated ratings method are discussed and demonstrated using Dean's (1961) Social Alienation Scale as an example. The use of factor analysis and cluster analysis in the construct validation of such a scale is examined. The results not only raise doubts about the validity of this particular scale when applied to a non-representative sample of 404 so-called Coloured and White respondents in Cape Town, but also indicate that extreme caution should be exercised when applying such an attitude scale in a population other than that for which it was originally designed and tested. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/15790 The construct validity of pre-built Likert-type attitude scales Couper, Michael Patrick Von Broembsen, Max Sociology A number of survey research efforts in South Africa have neglected to examine the validity of attitude scales designed for and validated on other populations. Methods for testing the validity of attitude scales constructed using Likert' s ( 1932) sum mated ratings method are discussed and demonstrated using Dean's (1961) Social Alienation Scale as an example. The use of factor analysis and cluster analysis in the construct validation of such a scale is examined. The results not only raise doubts about the validity of this particular scale when applied to a non-representative sample of 404 so-called Coloured and White respondents in Cape Town, but also indicate that extreme caution should be exercised when applying such an attitude scale in a population other than that for which it was originally designed and tested. 2015-12-13T04:21:16Z 2015-12-13T04:21:16Z 1982 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15790 eng application/pdf Department of Sociology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Sociology Couper, Michael Patrick The construct validity of pre-built Likert-type attitude scales |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The construct validity of pre-built Likert-type attitude scales |
| title_full | The construct validity of pre-built Likert-type attitude scales |
| title_fullStr | The construct validity of pre-built Likert-type attitude scales |
| title_full_unstemmed | The construct validity of pre-built Likert-type attitude scales |
| title_short | The construct validity of pre-built Likert-type attitude scales |
| title_sort | construct validity of pre built likert type attitude scales |
| topic | Sociology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15790 |
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