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Ehri Ryu – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background/Context: Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model is a commonly adopted framework to estimate and test a measurement model. Once a well-fitting final CFA model is selected, the selected model may be used to test structural relationships of the latent constructs with other variables, to construct a test with desired reliability and…
Descriptors: Research Problems, Factor Analysis, Scores, Computation
Zita Lysaght; Michael O'Leary; Angela Mazzone; Conor Scully – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2022
Since 2018, colleagues from two research centers at Dublin City University have been collaborating to develop a measurement scale to assess individuals' ability to identify workplace bullying. Having agreed on an operational definition of the construct, an item pool of 26 workplace bullying scenarios, that is, short descriptions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability
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Flake, Jessica Kay – Educational Psychologist, 2021
An increased focus on transparency and replication in science has stimulated reform in research practices and dissemination. As a result, the research culture is changing: the use of preregistration is on the rise, access to data and materials is increasing, and large-scale replication studies are more common. In this article, I discuss two…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Construct Validity, Access to Information, Test Construction
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Tuinman, J. Jaap; Blanton, B. Elgit. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1970
Discusses articles by Richard Rystrom in the Winter and Spring 1970 issues of the Journal of Reading Behavior. Questions the validation procedures and statistical evidence behind the author's model of reading comprehension. Tables and bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Models, Reading Comprehension, Research Methodology
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Lachenmeyer, Charles W. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Codification, Measurement Techniques, Prediction
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Keane, Susan Phillips; Gibbs, Margaret – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Tested the hypothesis that subjects with elevated MMPI profiles would exhibit qualitatively different word associations from those with normal MMPI profiles. Results are interpreted as demonstrating the construct validity of the Sc scale in that the more pathological the profile, the greater degree of cognitive disturbance exhibited. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Pathology, Personality Measures, Profiles
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Pezaro, Peter E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982
Lists six problems related to descriptive data and to factor analysis performed in a previous research study reported in this journal. Includes the authors' response to the suggested weaknesses of their study. (JN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Factor Analysis, Research Methodology, Research Problems
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Gandy, Gerald L. – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1979
An initial research referral instrument was created and evaluated. Results suggested an effective referral instrument could more effectively capitalize upon the skill and training of a professional counselor in contributing to a more useful psychological-vocational evaluation report by a counseling psychologist. Evaluation data were used to revise…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Evaluation Methods, Psychological Evaluation, Psychologists
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Schulte, Ann C.; Easton, Julia E.; Parker, Justin – School Psychology Review, 2009
Documenting treatment integrity is an important issue in research and practice in any discipline concerned with prevention and intervention. However, consensus concerning the dimensions of treatment integrity and how they should be measured has yet to emerge. Advances from three areas in which significant treatment integrity work has taken…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Prevention, Outcomes of Treatment, School Psychology
Reed, W. Michael; And Others – 1983
Writing researchers must be concerned with whether the instruments they are using are constructed as soundly as possible and, if so, whether they are performing the necessary analytic procedures to interpret the results correctly. To examine the logic in the construction of J. A. Daly and M. D. Miller's Writing Apprehension Test and the incomplete…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Higher Education, Research Methodology, Research Problems
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Shavelson, Richard J.; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1977
Methods used in validating construct interpretations of self-concept measurements are briefly reviewed, and relevant papers presented in this special issue are discussed. The strengths and limitations of each paper are outlined. Thirty bibliographical references are included. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Evaluation Criteria, Literature Reviews, Research Methodology
Van Dover, Leslie J. – 1985
Because the science of nursing is still at an early stage of development, nurses involved in clinical research often find that no appropriate measures are available to sample the theoretical construct of interest. Researchers often must design and test new instruments before proceeding to test theory. A study of the effect of nurse-client…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, College Students, Family Planning, Higher Education
Roberts, Charles V. – 1985
Noting that the attention of the speech communication discipline to listening skills does not mirror the apparent importance of such skills, this paper examines five listening assessment tests--focusing on the strengths, weaknesses, procedural problems, and conceptualizations of each--that potential users should be aware of before selecting any…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Listening Comprehension Tests, Listening Skills, Research Problems
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Chapman, David W.; Carter, John F. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
Procedures used to verify and validate the translation of tests, questionnaires, and other paper-and-pencil measurement devices for cross-cultural use are discussed. Recommendations are suggested for improving translation efforts. (MH)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests, Foreign Countries
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McNamara, James F. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2003
This article is the first of a research methods series dedicated to getting good results from survey research. In this series, "good results" is a stenographic term used to define surveys that yield accurate and meaningful information decision makers can use with confidence to identify current practices that merit continuation and to create or…
Descriptors: Research Design, Research Methodology, Guidelines, Educational Research
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