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Philipp Sterner; Kim De Roover; David Goretzko – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2025
When comparing relations and means of latent variables, it is important to establish measurement invariance (MI). Most methods to assess MI are based on confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Recently, new methods have been developed based on exploratory factor analysis (EFA); most notably, as extensions of multi-group EFA, researchers introduced…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Measurement Techniques, Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Models
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Meike Akveld; George Kinnear – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
Many universities use diagnostic tests to assess incoming students' preparedness for mathematics courses. Diagnostic test results can help students to identify topics where they need more practice and give lecturers a summary of strengths and weaknesses in their class. We demonstrate a process that can be used to make improvements to a mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Test Items, Item Analysis
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Tyagi, Navneesh; Moses, D. Baby – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2022
India is the second largest higher education network in the world, where the business environment is highly complex and competitive. So, what we need is an element of distinctiveness in our institutions of higher learning. A modification is required in the way these institutions are being run and supervised. A workable solution for managing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Test Construction
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Bayne, Hannah B.; Dietlin, Olga; Michel, Rebecca; Impellizzeri, Jonathan; Tolentino, Lissette – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2022
The Political Identity and Relational Impact Scale (PIRI) is a self-report scale of personal and relational responses to political conflict. This article describes the development and exploratory factor analysis of the scale. The selected model consists of 30 items and a four-factor structure with high internal consistency.
Descriptors: Test Construction, Political Attitudes, Identification (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship
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Kalkbrenner, Michael T. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2021
The research and practice of social scientists who work in a myriad of different specialty areas involve developing and validating scores on instruments as well as evaluating the psychometric properties of existing instrumentation for use with research participants. In this article, the author introduces The MEASURE Approach to instrument…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Social Sciences, Psychometrics
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Jordan, Pascal; Spiess, Martin – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2019
Factor loadings and item discrimination parameters play a key role in scale construction. A multitude of heuristics regarding their interpretation are hardwired into practice--for example, neglecting low loadings and assigning items to exactly one scale. We challenge the common sense interpretation of these parameters by providing counterexamples…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Items, Item Response Theory, Factor Structure
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Watson, Joshua C. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2017
Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is a data reduction technique used to condense data into smaller sets of summary variables by identifying underlying factors potentially accounting for patterns of collinearity among said variables. Using an illustrative example, the 5 general steps of EFA are described with best practices for decision making…
Descriptors: Evidence, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Test Construction
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Cian, Heidi – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2020
Socioscientific issues, issues that center on the intersection between scientific and social problems in real-world contexts, are valuable tools to use in science instruction due to their association with gains in scientific literacy, argumentation skills, and content knowledge. However, due to their complex nature, crafting instruction using…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Social Problems, Science Instruction, Prior Learning
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Davenport, Ernest C.; Davison, Mark L.; Liou, Pey-Yan; Love, Quintin U. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
The main points of Sijtsma and Green and Yang in Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (34, 4) are that reliability, internal consistency, and unidimensionality are distinct and that Cronbach's alpha may be problematic. Neither of these assertions are at odds with Davenport, Davison, Liou, and Love in the same issue. However, many authors…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Reliability, Validity, Test Construction
Vaske, Jerry J. – Sagamore-Venture, 2019
Data collected from surveys can result in hundreds of variables and thousands of respondents. This implies that time and energy must be devoted to (a) carefully entering the data into a database, (b) running preliminary analyses to identify any problems (e.g., missing data, potential outliers), (c) checking the reliability and validity of the…
Descriptors: Surveys, Theories, Hypothesis Testing, Effect Size
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Lewis, Todd F. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2017
American Educational Research Association (AERA) standards stipulate that researchers show evidence of the internal structure of instruments. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is one structural equation modeling procedure designed to assess construct validity of assessments that has broad applicability for counselors interested in instrument…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Models, Construct Validity
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Raykov, Tenko; Marcoulides, George A.; Tong, Bing – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2016
A latent variable modeling procedure is discussed that can be used to test if two or more homogeneous multicomponent instruments with distinct components are measuring the same underlying construct. The method is widely applicable in scale construction and development research and can also be of special interest in construct validation studies.…
Descriptors: Models, Statistical Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Factor Analysis
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Bell, Sherry Mee; McCallum, R. Steve; Ziegler, Mary; Davis, C. A.; Coleman, MariBeth – Annals of Dyslexia, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to describe briefly the development and utility of the "Assessment of Reading Instructional Knowledge-Adults" ("ARIK-A"), the only nationally normed (n?=?468) measure of adult reading instructional knowledge, created to facilitate professional development of adult educators. Developmental data…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Reading Instruction, Adult Education
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Judson, Eugene – School Science and Mathematics, 2013
It has long been noted in research literature that there does not exist a shared definition of integration of science and mathematics. Classifying a particular set of integration practices by one of many labels has limited value. Moving past the definition debate, this study describes the development and testing of the Mathematics Integrated into…
Descriptors: Student Centered Curriculum, Integrated Curriculum, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Mathematics
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Watson, David; O'Hara, Michael W.; Naragon-Gainey, Kristin; Koffel, Erin; Chmielewski, Michael; Kotov, Roman; Stasik, Sara M.; Ruggero, Camilo J. – Assessment, 2012
The original Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS) contains 11 nonoverlapping scales assessing specific depression and anxiety symptoms. In creating the expanded version of the IDAS (the IDAS-II), our goal was to create new scales assessing other important aspects of the anxiety disorders as well as key symptoms of bipolar disorder.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety Disorders, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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