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Vassar, Matt; Hale, William – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Empirical research on anger and hostility has pervaded the academic literature for more than 50 years. Accurate measurement of anger/hostility and subsequent interpretation of results requires that the instruments yield strong psychometric properties. For consistent measurement, reliability estimates must be calculated with each administration,…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Psychometrics, Psychological Patterns, Affective Behavior
Athanasou, James A. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2005
This paper focuses on two key aspects of self-evaluation in adult education and training through the perspective of (a) a social-cognitive framework which is used to categorise those factors that enhance self-efficacy and self-evaluation, and (b) the accuracy of self-evaluation. The social-cognitive framework categorises the factors that enhance…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Adult Education, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Social Cognition
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Spector, Janet E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
Informal Reading Inventories (IRI) are often recommended as instructionally relevant measures of reading. However, they have also been criticized for inattention to technical quality. Examination of reliability evidence in nine recently revised IRIs revealed that fewer than half report reliability. Several appear to have sufficient reliability for…
Descriptors: Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Reading Research