6  NURS 915 & 916

This “chapter” contains links to the presentations and materials covered in the pychometric course of the curriculum, NURS 925.

6.1 Foundations of Modern Research Measurement

• Slides

• This presentation covers:

  • Theories and domain sampling
  • Types of measurement
  • A brief history of measurement
  • General concepts of good measurement
  • Likert response formats

6.2 Validity and Reliability

• Slides

• Note: This presentation is a PDF document

• This presentation covers:

  • Historical conceptions of validity
  • Modern conception of validity
  • Reliability as measurement of true score
  • Types and measurments of reliability

6.3 Introduction to Factor Analysis & Exploratory Factor Analysis

• Slides

• This presentation covers:

  • Introduction to Factor Analysis
    • An Aside About Principal Component Analysis
  • Exploratory Factor Analysis
    • Concept of EFA
    • General Steps to Conducting EFAs

6.4 Confirmatory Factor Analysis

• Slides

• This presentation covers:

  • Review of Factor Analysis
    • EFA vs. CFA
  • Overall & Particulars of Conducting CFAs
  • Testing CFA Model Fit
  • A Few Words About Sample Size