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Shane Kelley – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2025
The research presented in this Case Study examines adjunct faculty satisfaction at an online public institution of higher education. Specifically, I analyzed student-, individual-, and institution-related factors of faculty satisfaction based on a previously constructed survey instrument found in the literature. While carrying out the research,…
Descriptors: Virtual Schools, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Public Colleges
Zita Lysaght; Michael O'Leary; Angela Mazzone; Conor Scully – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2022
Since 2018, colleagues from two research centers at Dublin City University have been collaborating to develop a measurement scale to assess individuals' ability to identify workplace bullying. Having agreed on an operational definition of the construct, an item pool of 26 workplace bullying scenarios, that is, short descriptions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability
Julie M. K. Horner – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
My study focused on developing an instrument to resolve a problem of practice in my organization: How to accurately match individuals' preferences with projects. Other project leaders and I had already identified four 'types' of project preferences. My study used those constructs and their defining characteristics to develop a new instrument: The…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Content, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Kathy Hampson – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
Having worked with young people who offend for some time, I questioned the effectiveness of interventions because the young people may not have had enough emotional understanding to process the sessions. For example, how can a young person who demonstrates anger management difficulties learn control without an appreciation of how their own…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Questionnaires, At Risk Persons, Youth
Baoshan Zhang; Qianyun Gao; Yanling Bi; Guoliang Yu – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
In 2007, while pursuing my doctoral degree, I (Baoshan Zhang) embarked on a study to develop a scale for measuring state self-monitoring. Although a Self-Monitoring Scale had been developed in 1974 to measure stable individual characteristics, the measure could be inadequate for examining the short-term self-monitoring elicited by certain social…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Test Validity
Veronica Diaz Mendoza – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
I am currently conducting research for a PhD Public Health. As a result of my previous experience researching my Master's degree thesis, and what I have learned so far about designing and validating a risk-perception instrument, I have gained some insight related to know-how and possible pitfalls that can occur when undertaking research. These…
Descriptors: Public Health, Test Construction, Research Methodology, Design