technical question for those geeks in the test-validation biz

[JeyRo]

I've been looking at developing a brief, staff-administered adjective check list mood measure that's appropriate for a particular population. I'm thinking of using an established measure (the PANAS) to create this new measure.

Can anymore point me in the direction of some basic references, how-to's on how to get started on doing this kind of work? I know the basics on how to run internal consistences, do inter-rater reliabilities, I've honestly never tried to create a measure before though.

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[Therapist4Chnge]

Check out: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=905388

 

[BOR84]

Although somewhat specific to the journal, it includes a checklist that can be used as the bare minimum of things to do when developing a new measure:

Holmbeck, G. N., & Devine, K. A. (2009). Editorial: An author's checklist for measure development and validation manuscripts. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34(7), 691-696.

 

[MCParent]

Here is a good starting place:

http://www.amazon.com/Scale-Development-Applications-Applied-Research/dp/1412980445