Measuring Aspirations: Discussion and Example from Ethiopia
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................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Motivation and Purpose ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Measuring Aspirations ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.1. What Is Measurement? ................................................................................................................................................................ 2 2.2. What Are Aspirations? ................................................................................................................................................................. 2 2.3. How to Measure Aspirations ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 3. Toward an Instrument to Measure Aspirations .................................................................................................................................... 4 3.1. Related Literature ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 3.2. Definition of an Instrument ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 4. Testing for Usability, Reliability, and Validity of the Aspiration Measure ............................................................................................. 7 4.1. Usability ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.2. Reliability ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.3. Validity ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 5. Conclusions ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 References ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
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تاریخ انتشار 2012