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Measuring Student Involvement: A Comparison of Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory in the Construction of Scales from Student Surveys
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Sharkness, Jessica; DeAngelo, Linda – Research in Higher Education, 2011
This study compares the psychometric utility of Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT) for scale construction with data from higher education student surveys. Using 2008 Your First College Year (YFCY) survey data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, two scales…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Item Response Theory