基本説明
Provides arguments as to why qualitative approaches belong with quantitative ones.
Full Description
This book provides researchers, evaluators, and graduate students with a user-friendly presentation of Campbell's essential work (including his latest thoughts on some of his classic works) in social measurement. The book includes Campbell's arguments as to why qualitative approaches belong with quantitative ones as the assumptive background to relevant quantitative measures, his debate with deconstructionists and social constructionists on measurement validity, and an expansion and further explanation of his multitrait-multimethod matrix. By including overviews for each part and article as well as provide social scientists with useful insights into Campbell's papers in a format accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students.
Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: VALIDITY OF ATTITUDE AND PERSONALITY TESTS
Types of Validity
Construct, Trait, or Discriminant Validity
Multitrait-Multimethod Validity Matrix
Does the method of Measurement Add Irrelevancies or Does It Dilute?
The Current Status of Research on the Multitrait-Multimethod Validity Matrix
The Contemporary Philosophy of Science Appropriate to the Multitrait-Multimethod Validity Matrix
Biases in Attitude and personality Scales
PART TWO: INDIRECT MEASURES
Fifteen Validity Issues Affecting All Measures
Indirect Attitude Measures
Seating Patterns as an Attitude Index
PART THREE: QUALITATIVE AND ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACHES
Qualitative Research Methods in Program Evaluation
The Qualitative Case Study
Using the Anthropologist's Informants
The Translation of Personality and Attitude Tests
Field-Manual Anthropology
PART FOUR: THE USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS
Administrative Records as Ontinuous Experimental Laboratories for Experimental Innovations
Welfare Recipients and Social Workers as Judges of the Effectiveness of the Program
PART FIVE: ETHICS AND RIGHTS OF SUBJECTS
Preserving Confidentiality
Protection of Research Participants
