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Multidimensional Scaling with Intelligence and Academic Achievement Scores
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Emily M. Meyer – ProQuest LLC, 2021
School psychologists use intelligence and academic achievement test scores to understand individual differences in abilities that may be directed towards learning and the learning that has already occurred. To make ethical and effective decisions regarding individualized educational programs and interventions, test users must understand the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intelligence, Multidimensional Scaling, School Psychologists
Psychometric Evaluation of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) in Italy
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Costa, Sebastiano; Ingoglia, Sonia; Inguglia, Cristiano; Liga, Francesca; Lo Coco, Alida; Larcan, Rosalba – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2018
The purpose of this multistudy report was to adapt the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) to the Italian context. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, we investigated the dimensionality, reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity of the instrument in a sample of 544 participants (males = 41%) from 16…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Psychometrics, Need Gratification, Gender Differences
The Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ): Examination in Nonclinical Samples and Development of a Short Version
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Moulding, Richard; Anglim, Jeromy; Nedeljkovic, Maja; Doron, Guy; Kyrios, Michael; Ayalon, Ariel – Assessment, 2011
The study aimed to examine the factor structure of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ), the most widely used measure of dysfunctional beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Multiple exploratory methods (exploratory factor analysis, cluster analysis by variable, multidimensional scaling) were used to examine the questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Beliefs, Anxiety Disorders, Factor Structure
Evaluating DETECT Classification Accuracy and Consistency when Data Display Complex Structure
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Gierl, Mark J.; Leighton, Jacqueline P.; Tan, Xuan – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2006
DETECT, the acronym for Dimensionality Evaluation To Enumerate Contributing Traits, is an innovative and relatively new nonparametric dimensionality assessment procedure used to identify mutually exclusive, dimensionally homogeneous clusters of items using a genetic algorithm ( Zhang & Stout, 1999). Because the clusters of items are mutually…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Cluster Grouping, Evaluation Methods, Multivariate Analysis
Multidimensional Relationships in the WAIS-R Subscales and Demographic Variables.
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Chastain, Robert L.; Joe, George W. – 1985
This study attempts to integrate and extend previous research by multivariate investigation to determine multidimensional relationships among both the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) subscales and the demographic variables for the 1981 WAIS-R standardization sample. Canonical correlation with orthogonal rotation of composite…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Blacks, Cognitive Measurement
Development and Psychometric Analyses of Major Scales Utilized in A Study of Schooling. A Study of Schooling in the United States. Technical Report Series, No. 4.
Sirotnik, Kenneth A. – 1979
This report contains accounts of studies, about scales to be used in the "A Study of Schooling" research project, undertaken to derive indices for constructs presumed to be measureable by composites of items. The report is introduced by a discussion on the rationale for selecting the research methodology used and an explanation of the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cluster Analysis, Cluster Grouping, Correlation