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Peer reviewedWebb, Sam C. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1973
Study asses the validity of the Inventory of Religious Activities and Interests (IRAI) for predicting for theological school students three sets of interest measures that reflect aspects of training in theological school. (Author)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Interest Inventories, Measurement Instruments, Predictive Validity
Peer reviewedZuckerman, Marvin – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Describes development of a situation-specific trait-state test for affective responses. Form One contains 20 situations to which subjects described responses on 16 scales for each situation. Study Two assessed reliability of these scales, sex differences, and trait-state relationships. Five validity studies are described. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Factor Analysis, Measurement Instruments, Personality Measures
Peer reviewedLatham, Gary P.; Wexley, Kenneth N. – Personnel Psychology, 1977
This research attempts to determine whether Behavioral Observation Scales (BOS) could be improved by developing them through quantitative methods. The underlying assumption was that developing composite scales with greater internal consistency might improve their generalizability as evidenced by the cross-validation coefficients of scales based on…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Critical Incidents Method, Factor Analysis, Measurement Instruments
Download full textGreene, John F.; And Others – 1973
The impact of open education on today's curriculum has been extensive. Of the many requests for research in this area, none is more important than instrument validation. This study examines the internal structure of Barth's Assumptions about Learning and Knowledge scale and explores its relationship to established "progressivism" and…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Research, Elementary Schools, Factor Analysis
Matuszek, Paula A.; Oakland, Thomas D. – 1972
First grade students stratified on the basis of their racial-ethnic and socioeconomic status (SES) were studied to determine factors measured by several readiness (aptitude) tests and to learn whether these factors differed for the children from the various groups. SES was determined by father's occupation, or if absent, mother's occupation; the…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Factor Analysis, Grade 1
Clarey, Richard Joseph – 1968
This study attempted to test, and in some instances develop, measures of values in a manpower training experience. An inquiry was made into the construct validity of measures of risk taking, time perspective, interpersonal trust, and fatalism. Factor analysis was used as a device for partly assessing the construct validity of a questionnaire by…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Analysis of Variance, Doctoral Dissertations, Factor Analysis
CATTELL, RAYMOND B.; AND OTHERS – 1962
OBJECTIVE INTERESTS AND MOTIVATION MEASURES WERE STUDIED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A SUITABLE METHOD FOR PREDICTING SCHOOL PERFORMANCE. IT WAS FIRST NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THE STRUCTURE OF INTERESTS IN CHILDREN AND TO INCORPORATE THESE FACTORS INTO A TOTAL MEASUREMENT BATTERY. THE INTEREST MEASURES WERE THEN COMBINED WITH MEASURES OF ABILITY AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Factor Analysis, Individual Characteristics
