Selecting and Designing Affective Instruments: How Do I Avoid Selecting a “Lemon” or Designing a “Dud?”

In the previous chapter we discussed affective instruments in general. This chapter includes a three-phase procedure for moving from conceptualization, through selection or design, to the administration of a specific affective instrument. Each phase contains a series of steps. These steps are best seen as guidelines, rather than as prescriptions to be followed rigidly and unthinkingly.