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Isitan, Sonnur; Saçkes, Mesut; Justice, Laura M.; Logan, Jessica A. R. – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2018
This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of an instrument designed to measure parental practices to support young children's learning and literacy at home (ELLS) and explore the predictive validity of the instrument by examining the associations between the ELLS subscales (basic concepts, phonological awareness, conceptual…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Young Children
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Muslu Kaygisiz, Gülfem; Gürkan, Burcu; Akbas, Ufuk – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2018
In this study, it is aimed to adapt the Scientific Reasoning Scale (SRS) into Turkish. The translated form has been provided to the students enrolled at different levels together with a form in which they were requested to present what they have understood and the reason of their responses. It was seen that the explanations of students to one item…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Process Skills, Science Tests, Psychometrics
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Sengul Avsar, Asiye; Tavsancil, Ezel – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
This study analysed polytomous items' psychometric properties according to nonparametric item response theory (NIRT) models. Thus, simulated datasets--three different test lengths (10, 20 and 30 items), three sample distributions (normal, right and left skewed) and three samples sizes (100, 250 and 500)--were generated by conducting 20…
Descriptors: Test Items, Psychometrics, Nonparametric Statistics, Item Response Theory
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Güler, Nese; Ilhan, Mustafa; Güneyli, Ahmet; Demir, Süleyman – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
This study evaluates the psychometric properties of three different forms of the Writing Apprehension Test (WAT; Daly & Miller, 1975) through Rasch analysis. For this purpose, the fit statistics and correlation coefficients, and the reliability, separation ratio, and chi-square values for the facets of item and person calculated for the…
Descriptors: Writing Apprehension, Psychometrics, Item Response Theory, Tests
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Eksi, Füsun – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2016
This study intends to examine the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the short form of the Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory (FFNI-SF). The study group consists of a total of 526 university students (54% were female) whose ages range from 18 to 32. In the translational equivalence study made over a two-week interval, the FFNI-SF…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Psychometrics, Turkish, Personality Problems