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Hauze, Sean; Marshall, James – International Journal on E-Learning, 2020
Motivation to learn is an important component of education, particularly in the field of educational technology in which the instructor's physical presence is increasingly absent. The complexity of the many factors that contribute to student motivation renders this domain difficult to measure. The Instructional Materials Motivation Survey (IMMS)…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Nursing Education, Validity, Reliability
Hambleton, Ronald K.; Rovinelli, Richard J. – 1986
Four methods for determining the dimensionality of a set of test items were compared: (1) linear factor analysis; (2) residual analysis; (3) nonlinear factor analysis; and (4) Bejar's method. Five artificial test data sets (for 40 items and 1500 examinees) were generated, consistent with the three-parameter logistic model and the assumption of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Correlation, Factor Analysis