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Sophie Langhorne; Nora Uglik-Marucha; Charlotte Broadhurst; Elena Lieven; Amelia Pearson; Silia Vitoratou; Kathy Leadbitter – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Tools to measure autism knowledge are needed to assess levels of understanding within particular groups of people and to evaluate whether awareness-raising campaigns or interventions lead to improvements in understanding. Several such measures are in circulation, but, to our knowledge, there are no psychometrically-validated questionnaires that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Questionnaires, Psychometrics
Garn, Alex C.; Webster, E. Kipling – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2018
The Test of Gross Motor Development--Second Edition (TGMD-2) is a widely used evaluation tool of children's fundamental motor skills (FMS). This study illustrates how exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) addresses current limitations associated with TGMD-2 factor structure. Using the normative dataset from the TGMD-2 manual, we test…
Descriptors: Motor Development, Performance Tests, Factor Structure, Structural Equation Models
Whitaker, Manya C.; Valtierra, Kristina Marie – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the dispositions for culturally responsive pedagogy scale (DCRPS). Design/methodology/approach: Scale development consisted of a six-step process including item development, expert review, exploratory factor analysis, factor interpretation, confirmatory factor analysis and convergent…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Likert Scales, Culturally Relevant Education, Test Construction
Navarro, Marianela; Förster, Carla; González, Caterina; González-Pose, Paulina – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Understanding attitudes toward science and measuring them remain two major challenges for science teaching. This article reviews the concept of attitudes toward science and their measurement. It subsequently analyzes the psychometric properties of the "Test of Science-Related Attitudes" (TOSRA), such as its construct validity, its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Attitudes, Psychometrics, Science Tests
Rhodes, Katherine T.; Branum-Martin, Lee; Morris, Robin D.; Romski, MaryAnn; Sevcik, Rose A. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
Although it is often assumed that mathematics ability alone predicts mathematics test performance, linguistic demands may also predict achievement. This study examined the role of language in mathematics assessment performance for children with intellectual disability (ID) at less severe levels, on the KeyMath-Revised Inventory (KM-R) with a…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Mathematics Skills, Intellectual Disability, Elementary School Students
Sayler, Micheal F.; Boazman, Janette; Natesan, Prathiba; Periathiruvadi, Sita – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2015
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Personal Well-being Index for Adults (PWI-A), a measure of subjective well-being. The study used data from 533 high-ability American college students: honors students and participants in an early college entrance program. In earlier studies using the PWI-A, the instrument appeared to show…
Descriptors: Well Being, Academically Gifted, College Students, Psychometrics
Zhang, Xiaozhou; Tze, Virginia M. C.; Buhr, Erin; Klassen, Robert M.; Daniels, Lia M. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
The current study provided evidence for the factor structure of the Academic Expectation Stress Inventory (AESI) in a sample of 213 Mainland Chinese and 184 South Korean high school students. We examined cross-national invariance of the AESI using multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis across two Asian cultural samples. Results suggested a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
Canel, Azize Nilgun – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
In this study, the process of developing the Marital Satisfaction Scale (MSS) aiming to support studies in the field of marital satisfaction and to obtain information about couples in a short time through psychological counseling is discussed. The scale including 101 yes-no items aiming to reveal couples' opinions about their marriages was…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Marital Satisfaction, Parents, Child Rearing
Seal, Craig R.; Beauchamp, Kenneth L.; Miguel, Krystal; Scott, Amy N.; Naumann, Stefanie E.; Dong, Qingwen; Galal, Suzanne – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2011
The current study, using a factor level analysis approach, provides evidence of the validity of the Social Emotional Development Instrument (SED-I) for students in higher education. Although there are a multitude of models and measures that borrow from the premise of emotional intelligence (EI), very few current instruments focus exclusively on a…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Measurement Techniques, Measures (Individuals)

Andrulis, Richard S. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1973
Purpose of the investigation was to identify the underlying content and cognitive dimensions in a standardized achievement test in the area of life and health insurance. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Discriminant Analysis, Factor Analysis, Insurance Occupations

Jackson, Douglas N.; Carlson, Kenneth A. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1973
Study investigated the validity of several scales from the Differential Personality Inventory, a personality questionnaire designed to measure a number of variables relevant to psychopathology. (Authors)
Descriptors: College Students, Discriminant Analysis, Factor Analysis, Personality Assessment
Burgess, Clifford T., Jr.; Allen, Jack – 1973
The thesis investigates the characteristics of effective teaching as perceived by students at the Naval Postgraduate School. Principal components factor analysis is used to extract the characteristics from observations on an 86 variable questionnaire form designed by Hildebrand and Wilson. The characteristics are then used as a basis for a short…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Discriminant Analysis, Factor Analysis, Questionnaires
Hill, Crystal R.; Hughes, Jan N. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2007
This study examined the factor structure of the parent and teacher versions of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; R. Goodman, 1997) with a sample of first-grade children at risk for educational failure. The 5-factor model previously found in studies using exploratory factor analysis was fit to the data for both parent and teacher…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Parents, Ethnic Groups, Test Validity
Dickinson, Josephine; Tokar, David M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2004
Using a sample of 350 college students, this study examined the structural and discriminant validity of the Career Factors Inventory (CFI; Chartrand, Robbins, Morrill, & Boggs, 1990), a multidimensional measure of career indecision intended to be scored for two informational indecision components (Need for Career Information and Need for…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Validity, Career Counseling, College Students

Wadden, Norma P. K.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1991
The Autism Behavior Checklist was completed for 67 autistic and 56 mentally retarded and learning-disabled children (ages 6-15). The checklist was effective in classifying children when using either the full scale or only the more highly weighted items. Results did not support a single unidimensional scale or subdividing the checklist into five…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Classification
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