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Peer reviewedLudlow, Larry H.; Guida, Frank V. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1991
Factor analysis of scores on the 30-item Test Anxiety Scale for Children (TASC) of 455 seventh and eighth graders supports previous findings of a 4-factor structure. Item response theory analysis suggests that the TASC is a continuum defining an academic anxiety construct of clusters of commonly related items. (SLD)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Generalization, Grade 7
