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Xu, Ting; Stone, Clement A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2012
It has been argued that item response theory trait estimates should be used in analyses rather than number right (NR) or summated scale (SS) scores. Thissen and Orlando postulated that IRT scaling tends to produce trait estimates that are linearly related to the underlying trait being measured. Therefore, IRT trait estimates can be more useful…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Monte Carlo Methods, Measures (Individuals), Item Response Theory
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Choi, Namok; Fuqua, Dale R.; Newman, Jody L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2008
Pedhazur and Tetenbaum speculated that factor structures from self-ratings of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI) personality traits would be different from factor structures from desirability ratings of the same traits. To explore this hypothesis, both desirability ratings of BSRI traits (both "for a man" and "for a woman") and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Sex Role, Gender Discrimination, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Thompson, Bruce; Andersson, Billie V. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
The construct validity of three subtests of the Structure-of-Intellect Learning Abilities Test ( (1) Divergent Production of Figural Units (DFU), (2) Divergent Production of Semantic Units, and (3) Divergent Production of Symbolic Relations) was investigated and generally supported, although results were somewhat mixed with respect to the DFU…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Divergent Thinking, Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis
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Willson, Victor L.; Stoller, Jane E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
Estimates of the criterion-related validity for the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) in mathematics and science were determined empirically. Results suggest that the science tests are not as useful as the mathematics tests as indicators of subject knowledge. (GK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictive Validity, Secondary School Mathematics
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Guidubaldi, John; Perry, Joseph D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
A random sample (n=50) of a school district's total grade level was evaluated in kindergarten, then in first grade using a comprehensive battery of assessments. Data were interpreted to support the Battelle Developmental Inventory as a valid multifactored assessment for use with both handicapped and nonhandicapped young children. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods