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Scale Construction.
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Dawis, Rene V. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1987
Discusses design, development, and evaluation of scales used in counseling psychology research. Describes methods of scale construction including the Thurstone, Q-sort, rank-order methods, Likert, semantic differential, Guttman, Rasch, and external criterion methods. Presents ways of evaluating newly developed scales. Discusses measurement versus…
Descriptors: Counseling, Measures (Individuals), Multidimensional Scaling, Psychology
An Investigation of the Rasch Simple Logistic Model: Sample Free Item and Test Calibration
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Tinsley, Howard E. A.; Dawis, Rene V. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Examines the application of the Rasch simple logistic model to analogy test items. (RC)
Descriptors: Correlation, Item Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Models
Measuring Interests.
Dawis, Rene V. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1980
New as well as landmark instruments and research are described. Among the contemporary issues dealt with is a concern for the source of and methods useful in controlling bias in the construction of interest inventories. With the assessment of interests, as with all measurement, validity is the bottom line. (Author)
Descriptors: Interest Inventories, Interest Research, Scaling, Test Bias
A Comparison of Multiple Rank Order and Paired Comparison Forms of the Minnesota Importance Questionnaire. Research Report No. 49.
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Rounds, James B., Jr.; Dawis, Rene V. – 1975
Two forms of the Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ), the multiple rank order form and the paired comparison form, were compared in terms of psychometric characteristics and user reactions. The MIQ forms were randomly administered to 290 subjects on two different occasions resulting in a complete crossing of order-by-form. The results of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Occupational Tests, Psychometrics
Experimental Validation of Two MIQ Scales
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Stulman, David A.; Dawis, Rene V. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
Two Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ) scales, Creativity and Independence were validated by experiment. Subjects (N=68) were exposed to four task conditions representing joint combinations of high or low levels of Creativity and Independence. The behavioral results were consistent with the subjects' MIQ score levels on the two scales,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Creativity, Predictive Validity