Assigned Readings

Wu, C. & Yao, G. (2006). Do we need to weight item satisfaction by item importance? A perspective from Locke's range-of-affect hypothesis. Social Indicators Research 79(3), 485-502.

Haynes, S.N., Richard, C.S. & Kubany, E.S. (1995 Content validity in psychological assessment: A functional approach to concepts and methods. Psychological Assessment 7(3), 238-247.

Ryan, M., Netten, A., Skatun, D. & Smith, P. (2006) Using discrete choice experiments to estimate a preference-based measure of outcome -- an application to social care for older people. Journal of Health Economics 25(5), 927-944.

Class Preparation

See "Instructions for Preparation of Reviews for Class Discussion." Submit the electronic summary by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8 -- BEFORE SPRING BREAK!!!

Booysen, F. (2002) An overview and evaluation of composite indices of development. Social Indicators Research 59(1), 115-151.

Duval, K., Marceau, P., Perusse, L. & Lacasse, Y. (2006). An overview of obesity-specific quality of life questionnaires. The Obesity Reviews 7(4), 347-360.

Halabi, J.O. (2006). Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of quality of life index. Journal of Advanced Nursing 55(5), 604-610.

Narayanan, U.G., Fehlings, D., Weir, S. et al. (2006). Initial development and validation of the caregiver priorities and child health index of live with disabilities (CPCHILD). Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 48(10), 804-812.

Potter, J. & Cantarero, R. (2006). How does increasing population and diversity affect resident satisfaction? A small community case study. Environment & Behavior 38(5), 605-625.

Suchday, S., Kapur, S., Ewart, C.K. & Friedberg, J.P. (2006). Urban stress and health in developing countries: Development and validation of a neighborhood stress index for India. Behavioral Medicine 32(3), 77-86.

Due Today

Class Project 5

Additional Resources

Bauman, L.J., Silver, E.J. & Stein, R.E.K. (2006) Cumulative social disadvantage and child health. Pediatrics 117(4), 1321-1328.

Bobbit, L., Green, S., Candura, L. & Morgan, G.A. (2005). The development of a county level index of well-being. Social Indicators Research 73(1), 19-42.

Bradshaw, J., Hoelscher, P. & Richardson, D. (2007) An index of child well-being in the European Union. Social Indicators Research 80(1), 133-177.

Cortina, J.M. (1993) What is coefficient alpha? An examination of theory and applications. Journal of Applied Psychology. 78(1), 98-104.

Edwards, J.R. Multidimensional constructs in organizational behavior research: An integrative analytical framework. Organizational Research Methods 4(2), 144-192.

Gilbride, D., Vandergoot, D., Golden, K. & Stensrud, R. (2006). Development and validatino of the employer openness survey. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin 49(2), 81-89.

Lange, R.T., Chelune, G.J., Taylor, M.J., Woodward, T.S. & Heaton, R.K. (2006) Development of demographic norms for four new WAIS-III/WMS-III indices. Psychological Assessment 18(2), 174-181.

San, G., Huang, T. & Huang, L. (2006) The establishment and application of a labor quality index: The case of Taiwan's manufacturing industry. Social Indicators Research 79(1), 61-96.

Schultz, K.S. & Whitney, D.J. (2005). Measurement theory in action. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 436 p.

Viswanathan, M. (2005. Measurement error and research design. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 434 p.