1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480259103321

Autore

Kelley D. Lynn

Titolo

Measurement made accessible : a research approach using qualitative, quantitative, & quality improvement methods / / D. Lynn Kelley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Sage Publications, , [1999]

©1999

ISBN

1-322-41498-X

1-4522-5176-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

001.4/22

Soggetti

Statistics - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Outline of the Book; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Introduction to Measurement; Variables and Operational Definitions; Planning Measurement; Stanley Stevens's Scales of Measurement; Statistics as a Part of Measurement; An Introduction to Reliability and Validity; Exercise; Chapter 2 - Qualitative Research; Background; Qualitative Research Steps; Nonparametric Tests; Exercise I; Exercise 2; Chapter 3 - Quantitative Measurement; Collecting and Describing; Analyzing and Interpreting; Hypothesis Testing Steps in Action; Exercise; Chapter 4 - Sampling; Nonprobability Sampling

Probability Sampling MethodsSample Size; Exercise; Chapter 5 - Data Gathering; Participant-Observer; Direct Observation; Interviews; Focus Groups; Panels; Questionnaires; Ethical and Legal Considerations; Data-Gathering Problems; Exercise; Chapter 6 - Measuring Instruments and Developing Questionnaires; Purchasing an Instrument; Developing Questionnaires; Exercise 1; Exercise 2; Chapter 7 - Testing, Table of Specifications, and Item Analysis; Measurement Goal; Taxonomy; Table of Specifications; Item Development; Instructions and Format; Item Analysis; Exercise 1; Exercise 2; Exercise 3

Chapter 8 - Reliability, Validity, and BiasMeasurement Error; Reliability; Correlation Coefficient; Validity; Bias; Chapter 9 - Research Design; Threats to Internal Validity; External Validity; Designs; Exercise; Chapter



10 - Measurement for Quality; The Shewhart Cycle; Process Flowcharts; Ishikawa (Fishbone) Diagram; Pareto Chart; Control Charts; Exercise 1; Exercise 2; Chapter 11 - Computer Analysis and the Final Document; Editing; Coding; Computer Use; Confidentiality; The Final Written Report; The Final Oral Report; Publication; Glossary; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Through examples and exercises, this handy student guide teaches methods for sampling, data gathering, developing questionnaires, reliability and validity, and quantitative and qualitative measurement. In addition, the book explains the use of quality improvement tools and techniques in measurement. It will be invaluable in any graduate statistics course, particularly for those in business administration and management.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996396305803316

Autore

Taylor James <fl. 1687-1689.>

Titolo

A letter to the misrepresenter of papists [[electronic resource] ] : being a vindication of that part of the Protestant preface to the Wholesome advices from the Blessed Virgin, &c. which concerns the Protestants charity to papists, and a layman's writing it : in answer to what is objected against it in the 4th chapter of the second part of the Papist misrepresented, &c. / / by the same layman who translated the Wholesome advices, &c. and made the preface to them

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by J.D. for J. Robinson ... and Thomas Newborough ..., 1687

Descrizione fisica

16 p

Soggetti

Anti-Catholicism - England - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Jan. 14. 1686. Imprimatur, Guil, Needham."

Attributed to Taylor by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints.

Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0062