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Northcentral University Library. (2022). Research process: Tests and measurements. Northcentral University.

Kumar, R. (2015). Research methodology: A step by step guide for beginners (4th ed.). SAGE.
This is the companion website for an excellent book if you need to review the basics of quantitative designs and data collection techniques. It is not required that you purchase the book, but if you do, Chapter 9 (“Selecting a Method of Data Collection”) is especially helpful for this course.

Kalkbrenner, M. T. (2021). A practical guide to instrument development and score validation in
the Social Sciences: The MEASURE Approach. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 26(1), 1-18.
This book is a useful guide to the steps of instrument development. For this lesson, the first pages, 1-4, explaining establishing the framework and operationalization are especially helpful.

Northcentral University Library. (2022). Research methods & design. Northcentral University.
This libguide includes a link to SAGE research methods resources including a dictionary of research terms. This may be helpful to review EDR-8300 Research Methods concepts. One especially useful resource within this libguide is the SAGE dictionary of research terms (https://methods.sagepub.com/reference/dictionary-of-statistics-methodology/n1351.xml).

Hanna, F., Oostdam, R., Severiens, S. E., & Zijlstra, B. J. H. (2019). Domains of teacher identity: A
review of quantitative measurement instruments. Educational Research Review, 27, 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2019.01.003
This article gives a good overview of various quantitative instruments, the most common being a questionnaire, specifically within the domain of teacher identity. This article is also a good example of how various instruments can be used to measure the same concept within education measurement.

Toma, R. B., & Lederman, N. G. (2022). A comprehensive review of instruments measuring
attitudes toward science. Research in Science Education, 52(2), 567–582. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-020-09967-1
This article provides a meta-analysis showing various types of instruments being used to measure one construct (and various types of validity/reliability tests that were used in various instrument development).

Ratan, S. K., Anand, T., & Ratan, J. (2019). Formulation of research question – Stepwise approach. Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 24(1), 15–20. https://doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_76_18
If you need a refresher from EDR-8300 on how to formulate a research question, this article would be useful.

Dowd, E. T., & Knoff, H. M. (1998). House-Tree-Person and Draw-A-Person as measures of
abuse in children: A quantitative scoring system. The Thirteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook.
This book discusses the development of a unique measurement as an example that there are many types of quantitative measurement other than a questionnaire. This quantitative scoring system, tested for validity and reliability, is a scoring system to assess the potential for abuse in children. *Note: This is just an example of a measurement instrument, reading this entire book is not necessary for the course.