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Peer reviewedThompson, Bruce; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
The construct validity of the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) was evaluated. It was concluded that the RVS may be situation specific; and that ipsative measurement is useful when information about value choice is desired, but that normative measurement is more appropriate when the research is investigating the nature of value perception. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Goodness of Fit, Higher Education, Responses
PDF pending restorationThompson, Bruce; And Others – 1997
This study was conducted to investigate the construct validity of scores on the Personal Preferences Self-Description Questionnaire (PPSDQ), a measure of Jungian types. Confirmatory factor analysis methods were used to investigate the structures underlying PPSDQ responses of 641 university students. The model fit statistics were generally…
Descriptors: College Students, Construct Validity, Goodness of Fit, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationThompson, Bruce; Melancon, Janet G. – 1996
The present study investigated the factor structure underlying responses to a measure of psychological type, the Personal Preferences Self-Description Questionnaire (PPSDQ). Measures of psychological type have been extremely useful in various applications, including career counseling and in assessing learning styles. Subjects were 422 university…
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Structure, Goodness of Fit, Higher Education
Download full textThompson, Bruce; Borrello, Gloria M. – 1989
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) measures variations in normal personality. The validity of the measure has only recently been examined by analyses of the structure underlying MBTI responses; and these investigations have used exploratory factor analyses, rather than confirmatory factor analytic methods. A confirmatory factor analysis was…
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Goodness of Fit
Thomas, Linda; Thompson, Bruce – 1994
People's beliefs about the origins of their health, sometimes referred to as health locus of control, have been shown to influence a variety of important behaviors, including the propensity to engage in effective health maintenance activities, and the willingness to seek and follow medical advice. The purpose of the present study was to explore…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
Thompson, Bruce; And Others – 1993
The Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales (E. Fennema and J. A. Sherman, 1976) are among the most popular measures used in studies of attitudes toward mathematics. However, the measurement integrity of the scores has not yet been established conclusively. Measurement integrity was explored by using data from 174 elementary school teachers…
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Schools
