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Balkin, Richard S. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2017
An overview of standards related to demonstrating evidence regarding relationships with criteria as it pertains to instrument development was presented, along with heuristic examples. Additional measures and a comprehensive design are necessary to establish evidence related to the use and interpretation of test scores for the validation of a…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Standards, Test Construction, Evaluation Criteria
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Whiting, Erin Feinauer; Everson, Kimberlee C.; Feinauer, Erika – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2018
Research focused on student belonging has sometimes used available measures in a unidimensional way despite evidence of multidimensionality in these scales. This study introduces a new unidimensional measure of school belonging that is psychometrically robust with preliminary evidence of construct validity that we call the Simple School Belonging…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Psychometrics, Robustness (Statistics), Construct Validity
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Costa, Sebastiano; Ingoglia, Sonia; Inguglia, Cristiano; Liga, Francesca; Lo Coco, Alida; Larcan, Rosalba – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2018
The purpose of this multistudy report was to adapt the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) to the Italian context. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, we investigated the dimensionality, reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity of the instrument in a sample of 544 participants (males = 41%) from 16…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Psychometrics, Need Gratification, Gender Differences
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Huang, Yun-Chen; Lin, Shu-Hui – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2015
This study aimed to develop and validate the Attitude Toward Calculus Inventory (ATCI). Results from three studies are reported that establish the reliability and validity of this instrument. An examination of the factor structure confirms that student attitudes can be explained in terms of four factors: self-confidence, value, enjoyment, and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Program Validation, Psychometrics
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Leuty, Melanie E. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2013
Test-retest data on Super's Work Values Inventory-Revised for a group of predominantly White ("N" = 995) women (mean age = 23.5 years, SD = 8.07) and men (mean age = 21.5 years, SD = 5.80) showed stability in mean-level scores over a period of 1 year for the sample as a whole. However, low raw score and rank order stability coefficients…
Descriptors: Robustness (Statistics), Scores, Individual Differences, Item Analysis
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Sheikh, Alia I.; Marotta, Sylvia A. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2005
This article is a cross-validation of R. G. Tedeschi and L. G. Calhoun's (1996) original study of the development of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). It describes several psychometric properties of scores on the PTGI in a sample of middle- to old-aged adults with a history of cardiovascular disease. The results did not support the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Program Validation, Item Analysis, Misconceptions