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Choosing among Multiple Achievement Measures: Applying Multitrait--Multimethod Confirmatory Factor Analysis to State Assessment, ACT, and Student GPA Data
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Dickinson, Emily R.; Adelson, Jill L. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2016
Practitioners and researchers interested in understanding student achievement, its predictors, and how it relates to other student outcomes are likely unaware of how the source information about achievement may offer subtly different pictures. This study applies multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) within a structural…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques
Discriminant Validity of Self-Reported Emotional Intelligence: A Multitrait-Multisource Study
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Joseph, Dana L.; Newman, Daniel A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2010
A major stumbling block for emotional intelligence (EI) research has been the lack of adequate evidence for discriminant validity. In a sample of 280 dyads, self- and peer-reports of EI and Big Five personality traits were used to confirm an a priori four-factor model for the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) and a five-factor…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Measurement Techniques, Validity, Personality Traits
Assessing General and Specific Attitudes in Human Learning Behavior: An Activity Perspective and a Multilevel Modeling Approach
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Sun, Jun; Willson, Victor L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2008
This article proposes a multilevel modeling approach to study the general and specific attitudes formed in human learning behavior. Based on the premises of activity theory, it conceptualizes the unit of analysis for attitude measurement as a scalable and evolving activity system rather than a single action. Measurement issues related to this…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Psychometrics, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Attitude Measures