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The Self-Description Questionnaire II and Gifted Students; Another Look at Plucker, Taylor, Callahan, and Tomchin's (1997) "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall."
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Plucker, Jonathan A.; Stocking, Vicki B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2001
Reanalyzed data from the Self-Description Questionnaire II (SDQII) from an earlier study of 376 gifted students, and a new study of 837 gifted students to explore alternative approaches to missing data and data normalization. Results strongly support the construct validity of responses to the SDQII by gifted adolescents. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Construct Validity, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
The Designing of the Computer Anxiety and Learning Measure (CALM): Validation of Scores on a Multidimensional Measure of Anxiety and Cognitions Relating to Adult Learning of Computing Skills Using Structural Equation Modeling.
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McInerney, Valentina; Marsh, Herbert W.; McInerney, Dennis M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1999
Developed a multidimensional measure of affect and cognition in relation to adult learning of computing skills, the Computer Anxiety and Learning Measure (CALM). Results from 794 Australian undergraduates support the validity and reliability of the CALM with this population, although whether the measure is invariant across different adult…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Computer Anxiety, Computer Literacy
Multitrait-Multimethod Analysis: Distinguishing Between Items and Traits.
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Marsh, Herbert W. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
This study compares multitrait-multimethod analyses (MTMM) performed on items and factor scores derived from the items. Based upon this demonstration, researchers are encouraged to conduct a preliminary factor analysis before analyzing MTMM data whenever there is a doubt about the underlying trait structure. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Measurement Techniques