Item-Specificity and Measurement Error in Attitude Instability among College Students: A G-Theory Approach to Longitudinal Analysis

• In Event: New Methods for Survey Research

Brief Overview

This study applies generalizability theory to analyze the measurement error. Results show that lower attitude stability of Latino and Asian American students is bounded by low variance in true opinions, and high item-specific variance.

Author

• Bang Quan Quan Zheng, University of Arizona