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Wong, Lily; Fong, Michelle – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2014
Rapid developments in education technology have provided educators and students new options in a constantly changing, competitive teaching and learning environment. As the number of online teaching resources continue to increase, research into student attitudes toward traditional and online methods of delivery is important in order to determine…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Delivery Systems, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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Kaderavek, Joan N.; Guo, Ying; Justice, Laura M. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2014
The present study investigates the validity of a 4-point rating scale used to measure the level of preschool children's orientation to literacy during shared book reading. Validity was explored by (a) comparing the children's level of literacy orientation as measured with the "Children's Orientation to Book Reading Rating Scale" (COB)…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Interests, Rating Scales, Test Validity
Johnson, Jeffrey G.; Bornstein, Robert F. – 1989
The validity of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised (PDQ-R) was examined. The PDQ-R and the Crowne-Marlowe Social Desirability Scale (SD) were administered in the spring of 1989 to 45 undergraduates (26 females and 19 males) at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. One month later, the Hopkins Symptom Check List (SCL-90) was…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Correlation, Diagnostic Tests, Higher Education
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Pask, Judith M.; Saunders, E. Stewart – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2004
A basic tenet of information literacy programs is that the skills needed to use computers and the skills needed to find and evaluate information are two separate sets of skills. Outside the library this is not always the view. The claim is sometimes made that information skills are acquired by learning computer skills. All that is needed is a…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Information Literacy, Information Skills, Computer Literacy
Shusman, Elizabeth J.; And Others – 1985
Validation and cross-validation studies were conducted using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and Inwald Personality Inventory (IPI) to predict job performance for 698 urban male police officers who completed a six-month training academy. Job performance criteria evaluated included absence, lateness, derelictions, negative…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Testing, Correlation
Coughlan, Robert J.; Froemel, Ernest C. – 1971
The Purdue Teacher Opinionaire (PTO) and the School Survey (SS) were studied to determine their comparative effectiveness in measuring similar aspects of teacher morale. Elementary and secondary school teachers from a Wisconsin middle-class school district completed both instruments. Analysis of the data revealed six significant canonical…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Correlation, Elementary School Teachers