Cash or Card: Consumer Perceptions of Payment Modes - Scholarly ...
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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.