A new way of developing semantic differential scales with personal construct theory

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1213-1226

  Ding, Zhikun ^a   Ng, Fungfai ^b  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Exploratory factor analysis; Full grid technique; Personal construct theory; Semantic differential scale

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MACHINE TOOLS; RELIABILITY; SEMANTICS;

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FULL GRID TECHNIQUE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL SCALE;

INFORMATION THEORY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 57449111868     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190802527522     Document Type: Article

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