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Goldring, Ellen; Cravens, Xiu; Porter, Andrew; Murphy, Joseph; Elliott, Steve – Journal of Educational Administration, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the ongoing dialog of whether and how instructional leadership is distinguished conceptually from general leadership notions, such as charisma, and to continue the ongoing psychometric research on the The Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education (VAL-ED) by examining its convergent and…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Instructional Leadership, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
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Leite, Walter L.; Svinicki, Marilla; Shi, Yuying – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2010
The authors examined the dimensionality of the VARK learning styles inventory. The VARK measures four perceptual preferences: visual (V), aural (A), read/write (R), and kinesthetic (K). VARK questions can be viewed as testlets because respondents can select multiple items within a question. The correlations between items within testlets are a type…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Construct Validity, Reliability, Factor Analysis
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Doumen, Sarah; Verschueren, Karine; Buyse, Evelien; De Munter, Sofie; Max, Kristel; Moens, Loth – Infant and Child Development, 2009
Two studies extended psychometric research on the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale (STRS) with kindergarten and preschool children (N[subscript 1] = 60-7[subscript 1]; N[subscript 2] = 35) and their teachers. These studies used a multi-method approach to replicate and extend previous findings concerning the convergent validity of the STRS…
Descriptors: Conflict, Validity, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
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Muis, Krista R.; Winne, Philip H.; Jamieson-Noel, Dianne – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Background: A programme of construct validity research is necessary to clarify previous research on self-regulation and to provide a stronger basis for future research. Aim: A multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) analysis was conducted to assess convergent and discriminant validity of three self-regulation measures: the Learning and Study Strategies…
Descriptors: Validity, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Construct Validity, Higher Education
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Rafaeli, Sheizaf; Tractinsky, Noam – Computers in Human Behavior, 1991
Discussion of time-related measures in computerized ability tests focuses on a study of college students that used two intelligence test item types to develop a multitrait, multimethod assessment of response time measures. Convergent and discriminant validation are discussed, correlations between response time and accuracy are examined, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Correlation, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests
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Ruch, Libby O.; Wang, Chang-Hwai – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2006
To examine the utility of a self-report scale of sexual assault trauma, 223 female victims were interviewed with the 43-item Sexual Assault Symptom Scale II (SASS II) at 1, 3, 7, 11, and 15 months postassault. Factor analyses using principal-components extraction with an oblimin rotation yielded 7 common factors with 31 items. The internal…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Measures (Individuals), Females, Interviews