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Bracken, Bruce A.; Bunch, Sherry; Keith, Timothy Z.; Keith, Patricia B. – Psychology in the Schools, 2000
Investigates the factor structure of five self-concept scales from a hierarchical, multidimensional theoretical model. The scales were administered to 221 students in grades 5 through 8. Each scale yielded strong general factors and six dominant factors that coincide with the proposed theoretical model, which reflects social, affect, competence,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Factor Analysis, Intermediate Grades
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McGrath, William E.; And Others – Library and Information Science Research, 1988
Four models for conceptualizing a circulation matrix containing the number of books borrowed according to subject and majors of student borrowers compare (1) majors; (2) subjects; (3) disciplines, suppressing the distinction between majors and subjects; and (4) majors with subjects. Results of multidimensional scaling analysis of the models are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Circulation, Library Collections
Schamber, Linda; Eisenberg, Michael – 1988
Arguing that relevance judgments are fundamental to the design and evaluation of all information retrieval systems, and that a consensus on the definition of the central concept of relevance has not been reached, this paper begins by critically reviewing four approaches to the problem of defining relevance: (1) the system-oriented approach…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Computer System Design, Information Science, Information Systems