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Wu, Pei-Chen; Huang, Tsai-Wei – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2010
This study was to apply the mixed Rasch model to investigate person heterogeneity of Beck Depression Inventory-II-Chinese version (BDI-II-C) and its effects on dimensionality and construct validity. Person heterogeneity was reflected by two latent classes that differ qualitatively. Additionally, person heterogeneity adversely affected the…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Validity, Depression (Psychology), Item Response Theory
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Ness, M. Ernest – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1995
Probability terms were scaled by 3 methods as a result of a survey of undergraduate students (n=194): rank order, percentage estimate, and successive interval. Discusses implications for the selection and placement of probability terms on rating scales in the development of assessment instruments. (JPS)
Descriptors: Counseling, Expectation, Higher Education, Mathematical Concepts
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Tryon, Georgiana Shick – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1987
Counselor Rating Form - Short Version (CRF-S) was completed by college students (N=133) who rated their counselors (N=6) after an initial session at a college counseling center. Principal components analysis with direct oblimin rotation of the CRF-S yielded two factors, one composed of attractiveness and trustworthiness items and the other…
Descriptors: College Students, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Qualifications, Credibility
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Mji, A.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2004
R. J. Cruise and E. M. Wilkins's (1980) Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS), which measures levels of statistics anxiety, was administered to 169 technikon students (70.9% women) in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Evidence of score reliability and validity was provided, suggesting that the STARS can be used with this population.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Rating Scales, Measurement Techniques
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Koch, William R.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1990
Implemented computerized adaptive testing (CAT) to measure students' attitudes toward alcohol. Administered a paper-and-pencil version and a CAT version of an attitudes toward alcohol scale to 113 undergraduates enrolled in health education classes. Findings showed a high correlation between scores from the CAT and the paper-and-pencil versions.…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Drinking