Explain how you would decide whether to use an existing measure or create your own. Describe multiple strategies to identify and locate existing measures of psychological constructs.

Practical Strategies for Psychological Measurement

1. Specify the four broad steps in the measurement process.
2. Explain how you would decide whether to use an existing measure or create your own.
3. Describe multiple strategies to identify and locate existing measures of psychological constructs.
4. Describe several general principles for creating new measures and for implementing existing and new measures.
5. Create a simple plan for assessing the reliability and validity of an existing or new measure.