Developing Cross Cultural Measurement in Social Work Research and - Evaluatio

eveloping Cross-Cultural Measurement in Social Work Research and Evaluation, Second Edition is a practical, hands-on guide for social work researchers to learn how to develop, assess, and validate meaningful measurements across cultures and populations. The book takes the reader from conceptualization to analysis, using specific techniques with SEM and IRT for cross-cultural research.

List of contents

• 1. Cultural and Cross-Cultural Research


• 2. Process and Critical Tasks of Cross-Cultural Research


• 3. Adopting or Adapting Existing Instruments


• 4. Assessing and Testing Cross-Cultural Measurement Equivalence


• Appendix I


• 5. Item Response Theory in Cross-Cultural Measurement


• 6. Developing New Instruments: Empathy Scale


• 7. Concluding Comments


• Appendix II


• References


• Index

About the author

Thanh V. Tran, PhD, MA, Professor, School of Social Work, Boston College.

Tam H. Nguyen, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN, Assistant Professor, Connell School of Nursing, Boston College.

Keith T. Chan, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare, SUNY Albany.

Summary

eveloping Cross-Cultural Measurement in Social Work Research and Evaluation, Second Edition is a practical, hands-on guide for social work researchers to learn how to develop, assess, and validate meaningful measurements across cultures and populations. The book takes the reader from conceptualization to analysis, using specific techniques with SEM and IRT for cross-cultural research.

Product details

• Authors: Keith Chan, Keith (Assistant Professor Chan, Dr. Tam Nguyen, Tam Nguyen, Tam (Assistant Professor Nguyen, Thanh Tran, Thanh (Professor Tran, Thanh Nguyen Tran
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780190496470
• ISBN: 978-0-19-049647-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods; Pocket Guides to Social Work R
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Soziale Arbeit, Soziale und ethische Themen, Sozialforschung und -statistik