IT STUDENTS - If your topic is highly technical and not measuring user perceptions, behaviors, or attitudes, try searching for instruments in articles from the IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL) and ACM Digital Library.
Surveys are not eligible for Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
However, you may submit a request for an ILL of the Source Citation article IF it is not available through UC Search. Source citation articles discuss test development and sometimes include copies of surveys, instruments, or measurements.
Find the Source Citation article in the APA PsycTESTS detailed record.
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How to Measure Survey Reliability and Validity
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Aimed at helping readers improve the accuracy of their survey, Litwin's book guides in assessing and interpreting the quality of their survey data by thoroughly examining the survey instrument used. The book also explains how to code and pilot test new and established surveys. In addition, it covers such issues as how to measure reliability (e.g., test-retest, alternate-form, internal consistency, inter-observer, and intra-observer reliability), how to measure validity (including content, criterion, and construct validity), how to address cross-cultural issues in survey research, and how to scale and score a survey.
Reliability and Validity Assessment
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This guide demonstrates how social scientists assess the reliability and validity of empirical measurements. This monograph is a good starting point for those who want to familiarize themselves with the current debates over "appropriate" measurement designs and strategies.