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Scale Refinement

Scale Refinement is a systematic process in psychometric scale development whereby an existing set of items and its measurement structure are evaluated and iteratively modified to optimize reliability, validity, dimensionality, and parsimony of the resulting instrument.

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An Updated Paradigm for Scale Development Incorporating Unidimensionality and Its Assessment

David W. Gerbing, James C. Anderson · Journal of Marketing Research · 1988 · 5.9K citations

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The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): development and UK validation

Ruth Tennant, Louise Hiller, Ruth Fishwick et al. · Health and Quality of Life Outcomes · 2007 · 5.1K citations · Full text

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Index Construction with Formative Indicators: An Alternative to Scale Development

Adamantios Diamantopoulos, Heidi Winklhofer · Journal of Marketing Research · 2001 · 4.6K citations

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Refinement and reassessment of the SERVQUAL scale.

A. Parasuraman, Leonard L. Berry, Valarie A. Zeithaml · Journal of Retailing · 1991 · 4K citations

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A Brief Tutorial on the Development of Measures for Use in Survey Questionnaires

Timothy R. Hinkin · Organizational Research Methods · 1998 · 3.9K citations

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  1. DT
    David Thissen

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    5 publications · 689 citations

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  2. JJ
    John J. Ray

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    5 publications · 92 citations

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    Patricia C. Smith

    Bowling Green State University, United States

    5 publications · 1.7K citations

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    Chris Evans

    St George's, University of London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 123 citations

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    Johnny L. Matson

    Louisiana State University, United States

    4 publications · 382 citations

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  1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    14 h-index

    43 publications

    8.6K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    32 publications

    2.7K citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    12 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    12 h-index

    18 publications

    3.3K citations

  5. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    870 citations

  7. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    1.9K citations

  8. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    11 h-index

    27 publications

    3.9K citations

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  1. Personality and Individual Differences

    27 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. Educational and Psychological Measurement

    29 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 21 publications · 2.9K citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Psychology

    17 publications · 2.6K citations

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  5. Quality of Life Research

    18 publications · 1.9K citations

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