Literature on how to develop questions to measure SEM?

stefanperras · Post by **stefanperras** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:53 am

Dear all,

Usually when measuring indicators with questions in a survey researches tend to use questions/scales from existing publications.
In my case there is no similar measurement in literature. Thus, I have to develop questions (and scales) by myself. There are a lot of books and articles on how to define a structural equation model, but there is only little information how to really measure it. Only in rare occations, research papers include the survey questionnaire in the annex. So often the model is described in detail in the paper, but lacks information about the underlying questionnaire.
The only thing I came across regarding questions and scales was a Marketing Scale Handbook. But this is suitable only for Marketing related research.

Can anyone recommend good literature/websites on how to develop questions to measure the model and what scales to use?

Thanks in advance
Stefan

vonbergh · Post by **vonbergh** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:21 pm

Hi Stefan,

You may find the following book to be helpful:

de Leeuw, E.D., Hox J.J.C.M., Dillman, D.A., (2008) International handbook of Survey Methodology, New York, NY: Lawrence Erlbaum

Best regards,
Dennis

vonbergh · Post by **vonbergh** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:21 pm

Hi Stefan,

You may find the following book to be helpful:

de Leeuw, E.D., Hox J.J.C.M., Dillman, D.A., (2008) International handbook of Survey Methodology, New York, NY: Lawrence Erlbaum

Best regards,
Dennis

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:19 pm

Hi,

Some references about scale development:

DEVELLIS, R. F. Scale Development: theory and applications. 2nd Ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2003.

DILMANN, D. A. Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method. 2nd Ed. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007.

KERLINGER, F. N.; LEE, H. B. Foundations of behavioral research. 4th ed. California: Thomson Learning, 2000

NETEMEYER, R.G; BEARDEN, W.O.; SHARMA, S. Scaling Procedures: issues and applications. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2003.

NUNNALY, J. C.; BERNSTEIN, I. H. Psychometric Theory. 5th ed. USA: McGraw Hill, Inc., 1994. cap. 3 e 7.

SEKARAN, U. Research methods for business: a skill-building approach. 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley, 2000.

Gilbert A Churchill Jr
A paradigm for developing better measures of marketing constructs
JMR, Journal of Marketing Research (pre-1986); Feb 1979; 16,

John R. Rossiter
The C-OAR-SE procedure for scale development in marketing
Intern. J. of Research in Marketing 19 (2002) 305–335

Best regards,

Bido

Hengkov · Post by **Hengkov** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:24 pm

Hi,
Some article references for scale development:

MacKenzie, S.B. 2003. "The Dangers of Poor Construct Conceptualization," Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (31:3), pp. 323-326.

MacKenzie, S.B., Podsakoff., and Jarvis, C.B. 2005. "The Problem of Measurement Model Misspecification in Behavioral and Organizational Research and Some Recommended Solutions," Journal of Applied Psychology (90:4), pp.710-730.

Diamantopoulos, A., and Winklhofer, H. 2001. "Index Construction with Formative Indicators: An Alternative to Scale Development," Journal of Marketing Research (38:2), pp.269-277.

MacKenzie, S.B., Podsakoff, P.M., and Podsakoff, N.P. 2011. "Construct Measurement and Validation Procedures in MIS and Behavioral Research: Integrating New and Existing Techniques," MIS Quarterly (35:2), pp. 293-334.

Regards,
Hengky