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Download full textThompson, Bruce; And Others – 1994
The original "Bayley Scales of Infant Development" (BSID) (Bayley 1969) have been among the most popular measures of performance and aptitude of infants. In the present study the reliability and construct validity of mental and motor scores on the revised Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II (BSID-II) were investigated. A national…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Behavior Patterns, Child Development
Peer reviewedThompson, Bruce; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1987
Investigated measurement characteristics of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales when the scales are used with elementary school children. The MHLC scales were administered to 876 fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. Results from four analyses of data strongly support the reliability and factorial validity of the revised MHLC…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Health, Intermediate Grades, Locus of Control
Thompson, Bruce – 1981
Factor analysis can be a valuable tool for assessing validity; however, the reliabilities of identified factors must be attended to. This study examined the impacts of item variance on factor stability and structure. The attempt was to determine empirically whether unnumbered graphic scales scored using a larger number of scale steps produce more…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedMelancon, Janet G.; Thompson, Bruce – Psychology in the Schools, 1989
Investigated measurement characteristics of both forms of Finding Embedded Figures Test (FEFT). College students (N=302) completed both forms of FEFT or one form of FEFT and Group Embedded Figures Test. Results suggest that FEFT forms provide reasonable reliable and valid data. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: College Students, Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests
Van Epps, Pamela D.; Thompson, Bruce – 1990
The measurement integrity of M. A. Rahim's Organizational Conflict Inventory (ROCI-II) and D. M. Roussel's Managerial Frames of Mind Survey (MFMS) was investigated, as was the relationship between scores on the two measures. Subjects were 369 managers from three types of organizations: (1) higher education; (2) not-for-profit public sector…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Comparative Testing, Conflict Resolution
PDF pending restorationThompson, Bruce; Melancon, Janet G. – 1996
The present study investigated the factor structure underlying responses to a measure of psychological type, the Personal Preferences Self-Description Questionnaire (PPSDQ). Measures of psychological type have been extremely useful in various applications, including career counseling and in assessing learning styles. Subjects were 422 university…
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Structure, Goodness of Fit, Higher Education
Chongruksa, Jiratha; Thompson, Bruce – 1996
Attachment styles have been shown to be enduring and influential, and studies of attachment phenomena require scores that are reliable and valid. The present study investigated the psychometric integrity of scores on the Adult Attachment Scale using data from 283 college students. This instrument is an 18-item Likert scale that is an expansion of…
Descriptors: Adults, Attachment Behavior, College Students, Foreign Countries
Thompson, Bruce; Stone, Elizabeth – 1994
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is one of the most frequently used measures of personality. MBTI Form G and a self-descriptive adjectival checklist, the "Personal Preferences Self-Description Questionnaire" (PPSDQ), were administered to 191 college students. The four dimensions of personality measured by the MBTI are:…
Descriptors: Check Lists, College Students, Concurrent Validity, Factor Analysis
