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Three Phases to Create Questionnaire (Simms & Watson)

Phase 1 – Idea Good Idea? Review Literature Define Construct Select Items Review Items

Three Phases to Create Questionnaire (Simms & Watson)

Phase 1 – Idea Phase 2 – Reliability

Good Idea? Collect Data Review Literature

Reliability

Define Construct

Remove Bad Items

Select Items Collect More Data

Review Items Repeat Until ??

Three Phases to Create Questionnaire (Simms & Watson)

Phase 1 – Idea Phase 2 – Reliability

Phase 3 – Validity

Good Idea? Collect Data Convergent Review Literature

Reliability Discriminant

Define Construct

Remove Bad Items

Criterion

Select Items Collect More Data

Write it up

Review Items Repeat Until ??

Define the Construct• The concept of agency pertains to people who

characteristically seek autonomy; they seek to master and assimilate the environment by striving for individuality and superiority. Highly agentic people seek self-protection, self-assertion, and self-expansion, and more generally, are competitive, and achievement-oriented. They identify and set goals and do what it takes to achieve them. Interpersonally, they seek success by competing, and not cooperating, with others. They can be warm and friendly, but this behavior is often used to achieve goals that are not interpersonally oriented. They strive for power over others. When the concept is viewed as a personality dimension, the characteristics associated with the positive pole, i.e. power, mastery, and assertion, can be contrasted with the characteristics associated with the negative pole, i.e. passivity, weakness, failure, and submission.

Reliability•Two General Types

▫Internal Consistency

Reliability•Two General Types

▫Internal Consistency▫Test-Retest

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