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Tables of Contents for Systematic Data Collection
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Editors' Introduction
5
1
Introduction to Structured Interviewing
6
3
Plan of the Book
8
1
Defining a Domain and Free Listing
9
11
How to Do It
11
3
Tabulation
14
2
Strengths and Weaknesses of Free Listing
16
1
An Example
16
4
Pile Sort I: Single Sorts
20
6
Examples
20
1
How to Do It
21
1
Tabulation
22
1
Variations
22
3
Strengths and Weaknesses
25
1
Pile Sort II: Successive Sorts and the Construction of Taxonomies and Trees
26
5
Examples
26
1
How to Do It
27
1
Tabulation
28
1
Variations
29
2
Strengths and Weaknesses
31
1
Triadic Comparisons
31
7
Examples
32
1
How to Do It
32
4
Tabulation
36
1
Variations
36
1
Strengths and Weaknesses
37
1
Rating Scales
38
5
Examples
38
2
How to Do It
40
2
Tabulation
42
1
Variations
42
1
Strengths and Weaknesses
43
1
Rank Order Methods: Complete and Partial Techniques
43
6
Full Rank Order Data Collection
44
1
Partial Methods: Paired Comparisons
45
1
Triads and Balanced Incomplete Block Designs
46
1
Quicksort and Merge Sort
47
2
Strengths and Weaknesses
49
1
Balanced-Incomplete Block Designs
49
6
Examples
50
3
How to Do It
53
1
Tabulation
54
1
Strengths and Weaknesses
54
1
Sentence Frame Formats
55
9
Examples
55
4
How to Do It
59
2
Variations
61
1
Strengths and Weaknesses
61
3
Other Common Structured Formats: Dichotomous, Multiple Choice, Fill-in-the-Blank, Matching, Direct Estimation, and Pick N
64
5
The Dichotomous Format
64
2
Multiple-Choice Format
66
1
Fill-in-the-Blank Type Formats
66
2
Matching Formats
68
1
Estimation Formats
68
1
The Pick N Format
69
1
Reliability, Consensus, and Sample Size
69
9
Item Reliability
71
2
Consensus Theory
73
5
Summary
78
1
Validity and Replication with Variations
78
8
Traditional Approaches to Validity
79
3
Some Final Remarks on Replication Studies
82
2
Summary
84
2
Appendices
86
5
References
91
5
About the Authors
96