An Introduction to Scale Development and Validation

Session overview

This interactive, face-to-face, workshop is ideal for students, academics and those working in industry and corporate settings across all levels who undertake psychometric research.

Learners will be introduced to scale development approaches and processes including item generation and review. Learners will then cover the purpose and methods of factor analysis. Finally, methods of validity and reliability checking will be reviewed.

Learners will be provided with:

• access to an anonymised data set
• support from highly skilled and experienced quantitative researchers
• copies of any slides or materials provided
• refreshments and catering throughout the day