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Pfau, Richard H. – 1981
Behavior can be described and measured in many ways. One approach in particular provides a potential for making precise and valid cross-cultural comparisons of behavior not equaled by other techniques. This approach is one in which low-inference observation instruments called "category systems" are used to measure behaviors observed.…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Behavior Standards, Cross Cultural Studies, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedLarson, James R., Jr. – American Educational Research Journal, 1979
Factor analysis is of limited value in investigating the influence of students' implicit theories about teachers' behaviors on student evaluations of teachers. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Models
Idiographic Measurement Strategies for Personality and Prediction: Some Unredeemed Promissory Notes.
Peer reviewedPaunonen, Sampo V.; Jackson, Douglas N. – Psychological Review, 1985
This article (1) examines the role of idiographic theory in contemporary personality assessment and behavioral prediction methodology, (2) reviews critically empirical studies designed to evaluate the idiographic theory of individual differences in predictability, and (3) presents new data on conclusions that have been advanced toward an…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Interrater Reliability
The Importance of Construct Validity: Alternative Models for the Assessment of Behavioral Disorders.
Peer reviewedSkiba, Russell J. – Behavioral Disorders, 1989
The quantitative synthesis of 89 correlations from 16 studies of behavioral ratings and classroom observations suggested significant problems in the areas of the construct of behavioral disorder and criterion-related validity of widely used measures of social behavior. A "components of variance" model is proposed to aid in educational decision…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Decision Making
