Systems Thinking Research Contact
Co-Principal Investigator
Mary Dolansky, PhD, RN
216.368.0568
mad15@case.edu
Co-Principal Investigator
Shirley Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
216.368.5978
smm8@case.edu
The Systems Thinking Scale: A Measure of Systems Thinking
A Key Component of the Advancement of the Science of CQI
Funding Agency: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Grant #65114)
Dates: October 2008 - December 2010
Principal Investigators
- Mary Dolansky, PhD, RN
- Shirley Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
The goal of this project was to develop and conduct psychometric testing of a measure of systems thinking, the Systems Thinking Scale (STS). For this project, we:
- Generated an initial bank of test items representative of the concept of Systems Thinking in CQI
- Performed preliminary field testing of the instrument to ensure clarity of meaning of the items and feasibility of the response format to end users
- Executed extensive psychometric testing to assess reliability and validity of the STS