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Peer reviewedUpshur, John A.; And Others – Language Learning, 1978
Agrees with Oller and Perkins (1978) that correlation and causation are not equivalent and that correlations between invalid measures yield no important conclusions. In addition, Oller and Perkins' arguments against the validity of self-report measurements are examined, as well as evidence for a causal relation between variance in affective…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Correlation
Peer reviewedGardner, Robert C.; MacIntyre, Peter D. – Language Learning, 1993
Four issues concerning aspects of the validity of the Attitude/Motivation Test Battery are examined: (1) whether the subtests assess the attributes claimed; (2) the relationship of the subtests to higher order constructs; (3) whether the strategy for measuring affective variables influences correlations with achievement measures; and (4)…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Measures, College Students, Correlation
Peer reviewedOller, John W., Jr.; Perkins, Kyle – Language Learning, 1978
Discusses three possible sources of nonrandom but extraneous variance in self-reported attitude data, and demonstrates that these data may be surreptitious measures of verbal intelligence and language proficiency. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Correlation
