《社会研究方法》艾尔巴比英文Ch6-精选（公开课件）.pptVIP

Chapter 6 Indexes, Scales, and Typologies Chapter Outline Introduction Indexes versus Scales Index Construction Scale Construction Typologies Index and Scale Index Constructed by accumulating scores assigned to individual attributes. Scale Constructed by assigning scores to patterns of responses, recognizing that some items reflect a weak degree of the variable while others reflect something stronger. Question In order to achieve broad coverage of various dimensions of a concept, researchers need to make____________. single observations field research observations multiple observations none of