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Peer reviewedNess, 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
Peer reviewedShedler, Johnathan – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1995
Discusses linear structural relations, Two Stage Least Squares, and path analysis as statistical procedures that sometimes permit causal inferences from correlational findings. Even though two variables cannot be interpreted causally due to a possible but unknown third variable, these methods are appropriate for handling models with correlated…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Correlation, Higher Education, Path Analysis
