EDUR 8331
Applied Measurement

Topic: Questionnaire and Scale Development

1. Start Here: Summary Presentation

• Document: Questionnaire/Scale Construction

• Videos

  • Questionnaire/Scale Construction, Part 1 (44 minutes) 

  • Questionnaire/Scale Construction, Part 2 (48 minutes) 

• Note: Add material on single-item measures, validity and reliability 

2. Readings

• Read:
  • de Vaus (2002) Chapter 7: Questionnaire Construction
  • Review Questionnaire Development Checklist
    • Holmbeck, G. N., & Devine, K. A. (2009). Editorial: An author's checklist for measure development and validation manuscripts. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 1-6, 2009.
    • This file contains only Holmbeck and Devine's checklist
  • Review Likert-scale Response Options to provide ideas for item development
    • List of Step Descriptions for Five-point Likert Responses 
    • Dr. Siegle offers these: Likert Response Options
    • Dr. Vagias provides these: Likert Response Options
  • Not required, but Folz (1996) is a good source for questionnaire design
    •  Folz (1996) Chapter 4: Survey Design and Implementation
• If you would like additional readings, below is supplemental material.
  • Questionnaire Design
    • Frary (1996) "Hints for Designing Effective Questionnaires" by Robert B. Frary (umass.edu) 
    • Fanning (2005) "Formatting a Paper-based Survey Questionnaire: Best Practices" by Elizabeth Fanning (umass.edu)   
    • Oskamp & Schultz (2005) Explicit Measures of Attitudes
    • Siniscalco and Auriat (2005) Module 8 Questionnaire Design (supplemental material; multi-national perspective)

3. Non-graded Activity

• Instrument construction steps