Guided Study: Development and Validation of Research Instruments

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: ENFE 8009, ENFE 8012. This course will give the students the opportunity to study measurement theories. Students will be exposed to a set of experiences related to the inductive and deductive process for constructing and testing instruments. Issues pertaining to the constructio n of instruments, development and use of scales, tests, inventories and the importance of conducting pilot studies for validation and reliability will also be discussed. Students will develop or evaluate an instrument that measures one of the constructs re lated to their research interest and will submit it to validation and reliability testing. The course will be taught using hybrid modality.