Schuessler, Karl F.,

Measuring social life feelings / Karl F. Schuessler. - First edition. - xviii, 183 pages ; 24 cm. - The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series . - Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-174) and index.

Issues in measuring people's social life feelings -- Using agree-disagree items to measure feelings -- Selecting statements and constructing the scales -- Comparing social life feeling scales to other measures -- How social background influences people's responses -- Relation of scores to the ways people respond to questions -- Evaluating the reliability and validity of social life feeling scales -- Appendixes: Design and collection of data 00 A.: Constructing the content domain -- B.: Questionnaire construction -- C.: Sampling and interviewing -- D.: Adjusting the data -- E.: Statistical formulas.

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Sociology--Research
Sociology--Methodology.

HM51 / .S352 1982

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