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Scale Construction and Development - Online Course

A 3-Day Livestream Seminar Taught by

Deborah Bandalos
Course Dates:

Thursday, November 14 –
Saturday, November 16, 2024

Schedule: All sessions are held live via Zoom. All times are ET (New York time).

10:00am-12:30pm (convert to your local time)
1:30pm-3:30pm

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Multiple-item scales designed to measure attitudes, opinions, personality, and other attributes are ubiquitous in today’s world, and are widely used in making hiring decisions, assessing student, customer, and employee satisfaction, conducting needs assessments and program evaluations, and in research projects. Those involved in such activities often have little knowledge of how to effectively develop and evaluate the scales they need. This knowledge is crucial because data obtained from these scales are only as good as the scales themselves. Scales that are not well developed often yield data that are not usable for the intended purpose.

This workshop is designed to give you the concepts and tools to develop attitude, personality, opinion, or other noncognitive scales for any of the purposes just described.

Starting November 14, we are offering this seminar as a 3-day synchronous*, livestream workshop held via the free video-conferencing software Zoom. Each day will consist of two lecture sessions which include hands-on exercises, separated by a 1-hour break. You are encouraged to join the lecture live, but will have the opportunity to view the recorded session later in the day if you are unable to attend at the scheduled time.

*We understand that finding time to participate in livestream courses can be difficult. If you prefer, you may take all or part of the course asynchronously. The video recordings will be made available within 24 hours of each session and will be accessible for four weeks after the seminar, meaning that you will get all of the class content and discussions even if you cannot participate synchronously. 

Closed captioning is available for all live and recorded sessions. Captions can be translated to a variety of languages including Spanish, Korean, and Italian. For more information, click here.

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"Deborah managed to convey key concepts of item/scale construction that went significantly beyond the usual how-to guides..."

“I definitely learned a lot. Deborah managed to convey key concepts of item/scale construction that went significantly beyond the usual how-to guides without being too technical, and in a nice atmosphere. Specifically, I found it nice that she brought in some of her own recent research and did not shy away from making some more qualitative assessments on certain criteria often used in the literature. I found her way of teaching very easy to follow.”

Justus Meyer

European Central Bank

"I really appreciated the depth of knowledge and understanding of nuance that I gained about scale construction and factor analysis."

“I appreciated Deborah’s expertise and her willingness to be flexible and answer questions. She was very responsive to everyone and she was clear when there was consensus in the research and when there was not. I really appreciated the depth of knowledge and understanding of nuance that I gained about scale construction and factor analysis.”

Lindsay Wheeler

University of Virginia

“I really enjoyed all of the hands-on examples."

“I really enjoyed all of the hands-on examples. The course was very applied, and that was helpful for me. I also appreciated how Dr. Bandalos addressed so many commonly asked questions.”

Erin Ayala

"Deborah did a nice job of making hard to understand concepts understandable.”

“I liked when we finally got into the nuts and bolts of EFA and CFA models. Deborah did a nice job of making hard to understand concepts understandable.”

Jay Ringle

Father Flanagan's Boys Home

"I feel much more prepared to continue the preliminary work of developing my first scale."

“Deborah Bandalos is both extremely knowledgeable and extremely approachable. Her prepared material was thorough, thoughtful, and adaptable across different skill levels and softwares. I feel much more prepared to continue the preliminary work of developing my first scale. I would 100% take this course again.”

Sarah Mangle

Concordia University

"The seminar was very insightful and demystified the myth attached to scale construction and development."

“The seminar was very insightful and demystified the myth attached to scale construction and development. The fact that no previous knowledge was assumed placed all participants at par at the beginning of the seminar. Great seminar!” 

Jonathan Annan

Strathmore University 

“I liked everything about this course."

“All the materials were great! I learned a new analysis which is bifactor. I liked everything about this course.” 

Khaled Alkherainej

Kuwait University