NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Pere J. Ferrando; Ana Hernández-Dorado; Urbano Lorenzo-Seva – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
A frequent criticism of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is that it does not allow correlated residuals to be modelled, while they can be routinely specified in the confirmatory (CFA) model. In this article, we propose an EFA approach in which both the common factor solution and the residual matrix are unrestricted (i.e., the correlated residuals…
Descriptors: Correlation, Factor Analysis, Models, Goodness of Fit
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Srour, F. Jordan; Karkoulian, Silva – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2022
The literature provides multiple measures of diversity along a single demographic dimension, but when it comes to studying the interaction of multiple diversity types (e.g. age, gender, and race), the field of useable measures diminishes. We present the use of decision trees as a machine learning technique to automatically identify the…
Descriptors: Diversity, Decision Making, Artificial Intelligence, Correlation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Pellas, Nikolaos – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
The combination of Open Sim and Scratch4OS can be a worthwhile innovation for introductory programming courses, using a Community of Inquiry (CoI) model as a theoretical instructional design framework. This empirical study had a threefold purpose to present: (a) an instructional design framework for the beneficial formalization of a virtual…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Communities of Practice, Computer Simulation, High School Students