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Chapter Six<br />

Development and Validation <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Payment</strong> Mode Perception Scale<br />

6.1: Chapter Overview<br />

This chapter describes the development and testing <strong>of</strong> a psychometric measure that will allow<br />

the examination <strong>of</strong> the question: Is there a link between the cognitive and emotional elements<br />

that people associate with payment modes and payment mode choice? It will also enable<br />

identification <strong>of</strong> the most influential fact<strong>or</strong>s that are associated with payment mode choice.<br />

As stated in the previous chapters, the aim <strong>of</strong> this study is not to gather the cognitions and<br />

emotions that are experienced at the point <strong>of</strong>, and at the time <strong>of</strong> paying, but to ascertain<br />

perceptions <strong>of</strong> payment modes that will provide insight into possible cognitions and emotions<br />

experienced when paying f<strong>or</strong> transactions.<br />

F<strong>or</strong> practical and testing reasons, this is best done by a psychometric instrument. The scale<br />

development follows the guidelines advised by Netemeyer Bearden and Sharma (2003:14):<br />

Steps One and Two - construct definition and item generation; Three and Four – Testing and<br />

Finalising.<br />

The intent is to gauge reliability by undertaking a test-retest with participants drawn from a<br />

different population to that <strong>of</strong> the main study. A final validation process is conducted on the<br />

questionnaires completed by the participants <strong>of</strong> the payment mode study.<br />

The chapter commences by justifying the needs f<strong>or</strong> such an instrument and then describes the<br />

item development process and instrument validation.

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