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Westbrook, Charles J.; Davis, Don E.; McElroy, Stacey E.; Brubaker, Kacy; Choe, Elise; Karaga, Sara; Dooley, Matt; O'Bryant, Brittany L.; Van Tongeren, Daryl R.; Hook, Joshua – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2018
We develop the Trait Sources of Spirituality Scale (TSSS), which assesses experiences of closeness to the sacred, within and outside a religious tradition. After using factor analysis to finalize the scale, we examine evidence of construct validity, including latent profile analysis that reveals 5 patterns of how spirituality is experienced.
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Religious Factors, Factor Analysis, Test Construction
Dagli, Abidin; Han, Bünyamin – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The aim of this research is to develop an "Organizational Rumor Scale" for educational organizations based on teachers' views on organizational rumors. In accordance with the scale development phases, first, the literature was reviewed and theoretical information was itemized, and then the items were revised based on the opinions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Verbal Communication, Accountability, Test Construction
Lee, Chwee Beng – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
With the rapid developments in emerging technologies and the emphasis on technologies in learning environments, the connection between technologies and meaningful learning has strengthened. Developing an understanding of the components of meaningful learning with technology is pivotal, as this may enable educators to make more informed decisions…
Descriptors: High School Students, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Technology Uses in Education
Appianing, Joseph; Van Eck, Richard N. – International Journal of STEM Education, 2018
Background: Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) jobs are expected to make up a significant portion of the U.S. workforce. Unfortunately, the trend in retaining students in STEM majors has been going down. If higher education institutions are going to retain more students in STEM majors, it will be important to understand who leaves…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Motivation, Measures (Individuals), College Students
Chang, Chih-Ming; Hung, Min-Ling; Lu, Jui-Lien; Chou, Chien – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
Given the importance of cultivating users' positive behaviors in cyberspace, this study presents a comprehensive vision of how to address important virtues that might foster Taiwanese adolescents' positive behaviors in cyberspace. In this study, we constructed an instrument--the Cyber Virtues Scale (CVS)--for measuring the underlying dimensions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
Temel, Senar; Sen, Senol; Özcan, Özgür – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2018
Background: Determining individuals' views of the nature of science is quite important for researchers since it is both a component of scientific literacy and a fundamental aim of science education. Purpose: This study aims to develop a NOSvs for assessing prospective teachers' views of the nature of science and to analyse their psychometric…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Test Construction, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
Varisoglu, Behice – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The aim of this study is to develop a useful, valid and reliable measurement tool that will help teacher candidates determine their Turkish metalinguistic awareness. During the development of the scale, a pool of items was created by scanning the relevant literature and examining other awareness scales. The materials prepared were re-examined…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Turkish
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
Zakariya, Yusuf F. – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2017
This study was aimed at the development of an instrument for measuring students' attitudes towards mathematics. A survey research design was adopted involving 510 students randomly selected. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was carried out to determine the number of factors to be retained in the ATMS. The adequacy of the sample was confirmed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitude Measures, Test Construction, Mathematics
Caliskan, Nihat; Kuzu, Okan; Kuzu, Yasemin – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
The purpose of this study was to develop a rating scale that can be used to evaluate behavior patterns of the organization people pattern of preservice teachers (PSTs). By reviewing the related literature on people patterns, a preliminary scale of 38 items with a five-points Likert type was prepared. The number of items was reduced to 29 after…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Rating Scales, Test Construction, Preservice Teachers
Tadesse, Tefera; Manathunga, Catherine E.; Gillies, Robyn M. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
This paper is positioned to make a sound contribution to knowledge of higher education (HE) quality through its study of student engagement in a large university in Ethiopia. We establish that the assessment of student engagement is a valid facet in determining HE quality, contributing holistically alongside quality assurance and university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction
Blount, Ashley J.; Lambie, Glenn W. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2018
The authors present the development of the Helping Professional Wellness Discrepancy Scale (HPWDS). The purpose of this article is threefold: (a) present a rationale for the HPWDS; (b) review statistical analyses procedures used to develop the HPWDS; and (c) offer implications for counselors, other helping professionals, and future research.
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Wellness, Measures (Individuals), Statistical Analysis
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
McRae, Lamerial; Gonzalez, Jennifer E.; Dominguez, Vanessa; Daire, Andrew Patrick; Liu, Xun – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2018
We examined the construction for a modified Acceptance of Couple Violence (ACV) scale administered to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer college students (N = 266) measuring intimate partner violence. We ran an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis; results identified 1 factor for the instrument explaining 76% of the variance in…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Test Construction, Questionnaires, Measures (Individuals)
Bashir, Hilal; Bala, Ranjan – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The purpose of the study was to develop a scale measuring academic dishonesty of undergraduate students. The sample of the study constitutes nine hundred undergraduate students selected via random sampling technique. After receiving expert's opinions for the face and content validity of the scale, the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and…
Descriptors: Multidimensional Scaling, Ethics, Behavior Rating Scales, Undergraduate Students