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Shipman, B. A. – PRIMUS, 2012
Through a series of six guided classroom discoveries, students create, via targeted questions, a definition for deciding when two sets have the same cardinality. The program begins by developing basic facts about cardinalities of finite sets. Extending two of these facts to infinite sets yields two statements on comparing infinite cardinalities…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Multidimensional Scaling, Matrices, Questioning Techniques
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Li, Xueming; Sireci, Stephen G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2013
Validity evidence based on test content is of essential importance in educational testing. One source for such evidence is an alignment study, which helps evaluate the congruence between tested objectives and those specified in the curriculum. However, the results of an alignment study do not always sufficiently capture the degree to which a test…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Multidimensional Scaling, Data Analysis, Educational Testing
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Westheimer, Joshua M.; Steinley-Bumgarner, Michelle; Brownson, Chris – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Objective and Participants: The authors examined the experiences of primary care providers participating in an integrated healthcare service between mental health and primary care in a university health center. In this program, behavioral health providers work collaboratively with primary care providers in the treatment of students. Participants…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Multidimensional Scaling, Multivariate Analysis, Physicians
Edmundson, Elizabeth W.; Koch, William R. – 1990
A study involving 234 Texas college students was undertaken to develop and test the validity and reliability of an instrument designed to measure college students' attitudes toward alcohol. Special attention was given to the content and construct validity of the instrument. Subjects ranged in age from 18 to 24 years. The mapping sentence served as…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Construct Validity, Content Validity