1. What contributions have the authors mentioned in the paper "A brief tutorial on the development of measures for use in survey questionnaires" ?
This article provides a conceptual framework and a straightforward guide for the development of scales in accordance with established psychometric principles for use in field studies
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2. How many items are needed to test the homogeneity of items within each latent construct?
Billings, and Nilan (1985) suggest that at least four items per scale are needed to test the homogeneity of items within each latent construct.
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3. What is the advantage of the deductive approach to scale development?
An advantage of the deductive approach to scaledevelopment is that if properly conducted, it will help to assure content validity in the final scales.
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4. How many items will be retained for use in the final scales?
It should be anticipated that approximately one half of the created items will be retained for use in the final scales, so at least twice as many items as will be needed in the final scales should be generated to be administered in a survey questionnaire.
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