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1.	Moore, Kristin Anderson Halle, Tamara G. Vandivere, Sharon Mariner, Carrie L.
1.	Scaling Back Survey Scales: How Short is too Short? Sociological Methods and Research 30,4 (May 2002): 530-567. Also: http://smr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/30/4/530 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Development; Data Quality/Consistency; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Scale Construction; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. To understand children's development, one must examine an array of constructs. Yet the time and budget constraints of large-scale survey research create a dilemma: how to cut scales to the fewest possible items while still retaining their predictive properties. In this article, the authors compare the predictive validity of several shortened versions of the Behavior Problems Index and the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment--Short Form with their full scales within the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth--1979 cohort. They use the scales to predict delinquency, reading recognition scores, parent-child activities, and smoking behavior of 2,017 children at ages 13 or 14 from data gathered 2, 4, and 6 years prior. Analyses leave the authors cautiously optimistic that short scales, especially scales composed of items gathered at different time points and repeated regularly, may enjoy substantial predictive power. However, two-item scales may be too short, and psychometric study on additional scales is warranted. (PsycINFO Database Record Copyright: 2002 APA, all rights reserved)
	Bibliography Citation Moore, Kristin Anderson, Tamara G. Halle, Sharon Vandivere and Carrie L. Mariner. "Scaling Back Survey Scales: How Short is too Short?" Sociological Methods and Research 30,4 (May 2002): 530-567.

2.	Moore, Kristin Anderson Mariner, Carrie L. Halle, Tamara G.
2.	Scaling Back Survey Scales: How Short is too Short? Presented: Ann Arbor, MI, Health and Retirement Study, Institute for Social Research, Conference on Data Quality Issues in Longitudinal Surveys, October 1998 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan Keyword(s): Attrition; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Development; Data Quality/Consistency; Family Environment; Genetics; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Longitudinal Data Sets; Longitudinal Surveys; Marital Conflict; Marital Instability; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Research Methodology; Scale Construction; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Evolving research and theory indicate that the factors that affect child development are varied, and arise from multiple domains, including the family, the neighborhood, the school, and the peer group, in addition to genetic and physiological factors (Bronfenbrenner, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1989; Bronfenbrenner & Ceci, 1994). Even within a single domain -- the family-numerous processes have been posited and suggested to affect children's development in very different ways, some positive and some negative. For example, Day, Gavazzi, and Acock (1997) recommend multiple measures of family process constructs for inclusion in surveys, ranging from the intensity and frequency of marital conflict, to the use and creation of rituals. Similarly, Thornton (1998), summarizing the work of the NICHD Family and Child Well-being Research Network, lists dozens of candidate constructs for inclusion in studies of children and families. Collecting information on the varied factors that might potentially affe ct children's development places extraordinary data collection demands on a study. The respondent burden can become quite high, as data collection efforts can take an hour or more or even several hours. Repeated visits may be necessary at a single data collection point. Moreover, given a general consensus that longitudinal data are necessary in order to begin to address causal processes, there is a need to engage in these lengthy data collection efforts year after year. Thus, in addition to concerns about respondent burden, concerns must be addressed about the cumulative implications of very lengthy data collection studies on attrition, break-offs and respondent cooperation.
	Bibliography Citation Moore, Kristin Anderson, Carrie L. Mariner and Tamara G. Halle. "Scaling Back Survey Scales: How Short is too Short?" Presented: Ann Arbor, MI, Health and Retirement Study, Institute for Social Research, Conference on Data Quality Issues in Longitudinal Surveys, October 1998.

3.	Tout, Kathryn Zaslow, Martha J. Mariner, Carrie L. Halle, Tamara G.
3.	Interviewer Ratings of Mother-Child Interaction and the Home Environment in the Context of Survey Research: Contributions and Concerns Methods Working Paper #98.5, Washington DC: Child Trends, Inc., 1998. Also: http://www.childtrends.org/files/pubs/1998-11InterviewerRatingsofMotherChildInteractionandtheHomeEnvironmentintheContextofSurveyResearch.pdf Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Child Trends, Inc. Keyword(s): Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Interviewer Characteristics; Interviewing Method; Parenting Skills/Styles The purpose of these analyses is to test the reliability and validity of interviewer ratings of maternal/child interactions and the home environment as used in the survey adaptation of the HOME inventory, the HOME-Short Form. Although the results indicate that interviewer ratings are internally consistent and contribute to the prediction of child outcomes (albeit only slightly, there are a number of warning signs which suggest that further attention needs to be directed at improving the quality of interviewer ratings before they become a standard component of survey design. In particular, across-time and across-interviewer agreement was quite low, not even approaching acceptable levels particularly of inter-rater reliability. In addition, we saw no significant correlations between the maternal report and interviewer rating components comprising particular HOME-SF subscales.
	Bibliography Citation Tout, Kathryn, Martha J. Zaslow, Carrie L. Mariner and Tamara G. Halle. "Interviewer Ratings of Mother-Child Interaction and the Home Environment in the Context of Survey Research: Contributions and Concerns." Methods Working Paper #98.5, Washington DC: Child Trends, Inc., 1998.

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