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Development and Validation of a Teaching Practice Scale (TISS) for Instructors of Introductory Statistics at the College Level
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Hassad, Rossi A. – Online Submission, 2009
This study examined the teaching practices of 227 college instructors of introductory statistics (from the health and behavioral sciences). Using primarily multidimensional scaling (MDS) techniques, a two-dimensional, 10-item teaching practice scale, TISS (Teaching of Introductory Statistics Scale), was developed and validated. The two dimensions…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Measures (Individuals), Multidimensional Scaling, Psychometrics
A Multi-Method Multi-Analytic Approach to Establishing Internal Construct Validity Evidence: The Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale 2
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Gotwals, John K.; Dunn, John G. H. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2009
This article presents a chronology of three empirical studies that outline the measurement process by which two new subscales ("Doubts about Actions" and "Organization") were developed and integrated into a revised version of Dunn, Causgrove Dunn, and Syrotuik's (2002) "Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale"…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Measures (Individuals), Multidimensional Scaling, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques
Activity Interests and Holland's RIASEC System in Older Adults
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Kerby, Dave S.; Ragan, Katie M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2002
Leisure activities are widely used in research to predict important outcomes, but the existing studies use different classification schemes and apparently rely on the intuition of the researcher to classify activities. The goal of the current study was to use the Holland RIASEC personality system to empirically classify activities using a sample…
Descriptors: Multidimensional Scaling, Recreational Activities, Predictor Variables, Classification