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Köksal, Mustafa Serdar; Ertekin, Pelin; Çolakoglu, Özgür Murat – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
The purpose of this study is to investigate association of data collectors' differences with the differences in reliability and validity of scores regarding affective variables (motivation toward science learning and science attitude) that are measured by Likert-type scales. Four researchers trained in data collection and seven science teachers…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Reliability, Construct Validity, Likert Scales
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Burton, Laura J.; Mazerolle, Stephanie M. – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2011
Context: Instrument validation is an important facet of survey research methods and athletic trainers must be aware of the important underlying principles. Objective: To discuss the process of survey development and validation, specifically the process of construct validation. Background: Athletic training researchers frequently employ the use of…
Descriptors: Athletics, Research Methodology, Construct Validity, Validity
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Yatchmenoff, Diane K. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2005
Objective: This study reports on the development and test of a multidimensional measure of client engagement in child welfare services. Method: Five dimensions of engagement were identified and were based on a literature review and data from interviews with child welfare workers and clients. A pool of items generated to reflect these five…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Caregivers, Construct Validity, Validity
Daniel, Larry G. – 1989
The purpose of the present study was to determine how two different data collection techniques would affect the Q-factors derived from several factor analytic procedures. Faculty members (N=146) from seven middle schools responded to 61 items taken from an instrument designed to measure aspects of an idealized middle school culture; the instrument…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Factor Analysis, Junior High Schools
Freidlin, Boris; Salvucci, Sameena – 1995
The purpose of this study was to provide an analysis and evaluation of composite variables in the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) and School and Staffing Survey (SASS) in a way that provides guidance to the staff of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the more effective use of survey resources. The study…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Data Collection, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Latrobe, Kathy; Swisher, Robert – Library and Information Science Research, 1990
Describes the development of an instrument for evaluating building-level school library media programs based on "Information Power," the American Association of School Libraries' guidelines for such programs. Data collection at an Oklahoma teleconference is described, the use of factor analysis is explained, construct validity is…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Correlation, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education