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Peer reviewedGelin, Michaela N.; Zumbo, Bruno D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2003
Investigated potentially biased scale items on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D; Radloff, 1977) in a sample of 600 adults. Overall, results indicate that the scoring method has an effect on differential item functioning (DIF), and that DIF is a property of the item, scoring method, and purpose of the assessment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Item Bias, Scoring, Test Items
Peer reviewedClapham, Maria M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1998
The structure of subscores obtained through streamlined scoring of 334 adults' responses to Figural Forms A and B of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (P. Torrance, 1966) was analyzed. Principal components analyses indicated that one general creativity factor adequately represented subscores of both forms. However, the five subscores of each…
Descriptors: Adults, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Factor Structure
In-Basket Assessment by Fully Objective Methods: Development and Evaluation of a Self-Report System.
Peer reviewedHakstian, A. Ralph; Scratchley, Linda S. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
The feasibility and efficacy of using self-report response methods with an In-Basket exercise were evaluated in two studies involving 258 managers and 55 college students, respectively. Results suggest that high face validity of the In-Basket exercise can be combined with the scoring ease and objectivity of self-reports. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrators, College Students, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBrennan, Robert L.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
Generalizability theory is used to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Listening and Writing Tests developed by American College Testing for its Work Keys program. Results with samples of 50 suggest the desirability of a minimum number of the tests' tape-recorded messages and the use of at least 2 raters. (SLD)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Error of Measurement, Generalizability Theory, Interaction
