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McLean, Tamika Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The current study investigated college students' content knowledge and cognitive abilities as factors associated with their algebra performance, and examined how combinations of content knowledge and cognitive abilities related to their algebra performance. Specifically, the investigation examined the content knowledge factors of computational…
Descriptors: College Students, Knowledge Level, College Mathematics, Mathematics Skills
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Crawford, John R.; Garthwaite, Paul H.; Denham, Annie K.; Chelune, Gordon J. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
Regression equations have many useful roles in psychological assessment. Moreover, there is a large reservoir of published data that could be used to build regression equations; these equations could then be employed to test a wide variety of hypotheses concerning the functioning of individual cases. This resource is currently underused because…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Equations (Mathematics), Psychological Evaluation, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Reckase, Mark D.; Xu, Jing-Ru – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2015
How to compute and report subscores for a test that was originally designed for reporting scores on a unidimensional scale has been a topic of interest in recent years. In the research reported here, we describe an application of multidimensional item response theory to identify a subscore structure in a test designed for reporting results using a…
Descriptors: English, Language Skills, English Language Learners, Scores
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Woodcock, Alison; Camfield, Laura; McGregor, J. Allister; Martin, Faith – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The aim of this study was to validate an individualised measure of quality of life (WeDQoL-Goals-Thailand). Three hundred and sixty-nine Thai people completed the WeDQoL by interview. Respondents rated (0-2) the perceived necessity for wellbeing of 51 goals (goal necessity), then rated (0-3) their satisfaction with the same goals (goal…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Place of Residence, Geographic Location, Quality of Life