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Viola Merhof; Caroline M. Böhm; Thorsten Meiser – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2024
Item response tree (IRTree) models are a flexible framework to control self-reported trait measurements for response styles. To this end, IRTree models decompose the responses to rating items into sub-decisions, which are assumed to be made on the basis of either the trait being measured or a response style, whereby the effects of such person…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Interpretation, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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Robie, Chet; Meade, Adam W.; Risavy, Stephen D.; Rasheed, Sabah – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2022
The effects of different response option orders on survey responses have been studied extensively. The typical research design involves examining the differences in response characteristics between conditions with the same item stems and response option orders that differ in valence--either incrementally arranged (e.g., strongly disagree to…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Psychometrics, Surveys, Responses
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Hirschfeld, Robert R.; Thomas, Christopher H.; McNatt, D. Brian – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2008
The authors explored implications of individuals' self-deception (a trait) for their self-reported intrinsic and extrinsic motivational dispositions and their actual learning performance. In doing so, a higher order structural model was developed and tested in which intrinsic and extrinsic motivational dispositions were underlying factors that…
Descriptors: Deception, Predictor Variables, Motivation, Incentives
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Livneh, Cheryl; Livneh, Hanoch – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1988
This study investigated characteristics differentiating life-long learners from low participants in learning among 195 human service professionals in southern New England. Discriminant function analysis of seven extracted factors and three demographic variables indicated significant differences distinguishing the two groups. (TJH)
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Educational Background
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Watkins, David; Astilla, Estela – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1980
A follow-up study of 1,149 freshmen at a major Filipino university showed that intellective measures were only moderately successful predictors of college grade point average. However, the nonintellective variables considered were (with the possible exception of level of scholastic expectation) of little value as predictors of college performance.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
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Schurr, K. Terry; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1989
Relationships among National Teacher Examinations (NTE) Communication Skills and General Knowledge test scores, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator characteristics, self-reported academic problems, and 14 skill self-ratings were examined for 161 college teaching majors. After several other variables were controlled, personality variables accounted for a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Education Majors, Grade Point Average