Four Subtle Sins in Scale Development: Some Suggestions for Strengthening the Current Paradigm

Flynn, Leisa Reinecke; Pearcy, Dawn H.

doi:10.1177/147078530104300404

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“…With the aim of developing a reliable and valid scale of SPP in construction engineering projects, we followed the steps described by Churchil [42], with procedural refinement as recommended by Flynn and Pearcy [43] and Stratman and Roth [44]. The scale development process is shown in Table 1.…”

Section: Scale Developmentmentioning

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Integrating Sustainability into Construction Engineering Projects: Perspective of Sustainable Project Planning

Zhu

Yang

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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Abstract:With the balanced requirement of environmental, economic and social objectives in projects intensifying, the need for integrating sustainability with project management has drawn attention in both academia and practice. Especially for large complex construction engineering projects, how to achieve sustainability-related objectives in project practices has been endowed with an irreplaceable significance. This study explores the use of project planning practices for integrating sustainability into project management practices of construction engineering projects. Sustainable project planning, as the main instrument of sustainable project management, was put forward and measured to help project managers and practitioners understand what it is and how to carry it out in construction engineering projects. Qualitative methods based on content analysis of interview data of project managers from construction engineering projects, as well as quantitative method on account of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of statistical data, were used to define and assess the construct of sustainable project planning (SPP). Results indicate that SPP as a project planning practice combine the principles of sustainability should consist of three dimensions-managerial control, risk response, and work consensus-to guarantee sustainable construction and predict project success of construction engineering projects. This study shed light on academics and practices concerning the sustainable management of project planning activities and the achievement of sustainable-related objectives in construction engineering projects.

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Section: Scale Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating Sustainability into Construction Engineering Projects: Perspective of Sustainable Project Planning

Zhu

Yang

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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“…Nevertheless, our study had some limitations. First, Flynn (Flynn et al, 2001) suggested that a ratio of five responses per parameters was required to obtain reliable estimates based on 120 participants. Our study had slightly lower sample size, though the scale seemed to be a reliable measure of smoking motivation according to the item-single reliability, composite reliability and validity.…”

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Modification of a Smoking Motivation Questionnaire for Chinese Medical Students

Jiang

Sun

Wan

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Introduction: Smoking prevalence among the medical students is high in China. Therefore, understanding the smoking motivations of medical students is crucial for smoking control, but currently there are no scales questionnaires customized for probing the smoking motivations of medical students. This aim of study was to test and modify a questionnaire for investigating smoking motivations among medical students. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1,125 medical students at Xuzhou Medical College in China in 2012.The model fit and validity was assessed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the reliability was tested by single-item reliability, composite reliability, and item-total correlation. Results: The prevalence of smoking was 9.84 % among study population. In the modified scales, the global fit indices identified a CFI value of 0.96, TLI was 0.96, and the RMSEA was 0.063. CFA supported the two dimensional structure of the instrument. The average variance extracted ranged from 0.45 to 0.62. All single-item reliability scores were greater than 0.20, and the composite reliability ranged from 0.74 to 0.91. Conclusion: Modified scales could be the preliminary instrument used in evaluating the smoking motivations of medical students. However, it should be further assessed using other forms and methods of validity and reliability, additional motivations of smoking, and the survey of other medical colleges in China.

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“…Others suggest a rule of thumb of ten subjects per item in scale development is prudent (Flynn & Pearcy, 2001). However, if the data are found to violate multivariate normality assumptions, the number of respondents per estimated parameter increases to 15 (Bentler & Chou, 1987;Hair, Black, Babin, Anderson & Tatham, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Applying Bentler and Chou's 10:1 rule of thumb, a sample size of 100 to 120 was required. Applying Flynn and Pearcy's (2001) rule of thumb, a sample size of 50 to 60 would suffice. Thus in terms of sample size, the study, met these requirements.…”

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Creation of a Knowledge Society via the Use of Mobile Blog: A Model of Integrated Meaningful Hybrid E-training

Din¹,

Norman²,

Kamarulzaman³

et al. 2012

ASS

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Mobile blog or "moblog" provides a coherent purpose for strategic educational change through lifelong education and the creation of a knowledge society. Many studies have been conducted on using conventional blogs in teaching and learning yet only few have focused on moblogs. Moblogs allow trainers to empower themselves through the acquisition of both explicit and tacit knowledge. Thus, this study aims at designing, developing and implementing moblogs as a platform for a new hybrid e-training approach, which was tested to generate a two-stage model for meaningful hybrid e-training. The data were collected from 213 Information Communication Technology (ICT) trainees which were subsequently tested using confirmatory factor analysis with AMOS 7.0 to obtain the best-fit measurement model for an integrated meaningful hybrid e-training model using moblogs. The results revealed that: (i) hybrid e-training influenced the achievement of meaningful e-training; (ii) learning styles influenced the acceptance of hybrid e-training; and (iii) learning styles preferences influenced the achievement of meaningful e-training.

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Four Subtle Sins in Scale Development: Some Suggestions for Strengthening the Current Paradigm

Cited by 91 publications

References 50 publications

Integrating Sustainability into Construction Engineering Projects: Perspective of Sustainable Project Planning

Integrating Sustainability into Construction Engineering Projects: Perspective of Sustainable Project Planning

Modification of a Smoking Motivation Questionnaire for Chinese Medical Students

Creation of a Knowledge Society via the Use of Mobile Blog: A Model of Integrated Meaningful Hybrid E-training

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