NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
A Factor Analytic Study of the HOME Scale for Infants.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Stevens, Joseph H., Jr.; Bakeman, Roger – Developmental Psychology, 1985
A factor analysis was conducted on Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) item scores of low-income black and white urban mothers of infants 13 to 30 months of age to determine the extent to which the existing subscales were evident in this factor analysis.
Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Development, Factor Analysis, Infants
The Developmental Record: Reliability and Validity in a Clinical Population.
Brems, Christiane; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
Developmental Record protocols were obtained from archival files for 1,069 institutionalized mentally retarded adults and children. Analyses revealed high internal reliabilities, but questionable validity. The Developmental Record did not adequately discriminate the five areas of functioning it purportedly assesses (self-care, perceptual-motor,…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Development, Children, Evaluation Methods
Increasing Information from Multiple-Choice Test Items.
Haladyna, Thomas M. – 1984
The purpose of this study is to examine an option-weighting method as it affects pass-fail decisions in formative and summative evaluation of student achievement for instructional units, certification, advancement, licensure, admissions, placement, and selection. A database was constructed using high school achievement test data where a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, High Schools, Multiple Choice Tests
The Stability and Validity of Academic Achievement.
Hotard, Stephen R. – 1983
Texts on measurement theory report many studies on the consistency of intelligence test scores, but the stability of academic achievement over the school years has never been adequately studied. To investigate the stability of achievement test scores from fourth grade to college, a random sample of 100 students was selected from a 1978 graduating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
A Comparative Study of the Reliability and Validity of the "Degrees of Reading Power" and the "Iowa Tests of Basic Skills."
Hildebrand, Myrene; Hoover, H. D. – 1986
This study compared the reliability and validity of two different measures of reading ability, the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) and the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) Reading test and the ITBS Vocabulary test. The data consisted of scores of 377 grade 5 and grade 6 students on these tests, along with their assigned reading levels in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Correlation, Grade 5, Grade 6
Cognitive-Affective Response Test-Music: Questions of Validity.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Bartel, Lee R. – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1994
Addresses the validity of the Cognitive-Affective Response Test-Music by clarifying the theoretical assertions on which the construct validity of the instrument rests. Presents nine specific assertions and data from two studies. Concludes that the test is valid for college-bound high school students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aptitude, Grade 10, High Schools
Development of the Turkish Form of the Test Anxiety Inventory.
Oner, Necla – 1986
The Turkish edition of the Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI-T) was accomplished in three stages, each stage constituting an independent study with new samples. In the first study, using bilingual Turkish high school and college students, the transliteral equivalence between the Turkish and English TAI items were achieved. The second study, using a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Concurrent Validity, Construct Validity