The Q-sort method: Assessing reliability and construct validity of questionnaire items at a pre-testing stage

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 114-125

  Nahm, Abraham Y ^a   Rao, S Subba ^b   Solis Galvan, Luis E ^c   Ragu Nathan, T S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Hit ratio; Kappa; Q sort; Reliability; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 18644364302     PISSN: 15389472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22237/jmasm/1020255360     Document Type: Review

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