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Psychometric Evaluation of the Students' Attitudes toward Statistics and Technology Scale (SASTSc)
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Counsell, Alyssa; Rovetti, Joseph; Buchanan, Erin – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2022
The current study sought to evaluate the SASTSc in two samples of students taking a statistics course that incorporates statistical software. The SASTSc was given at two time points, once at the beginning of the semester and then again at the end of the semester. Our evaluation included examining competing factor analytic models, examining…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Student Attitudes, Statistics Education, Educational Technology
Validation of a Parent Report on Externalizing Symptoms Scale: A Downward Extension of the Behavioral Health Screen
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Rivers, Alannah Shelby; Winston-Lindeboom, Payne; Ruan-Iu, Linda; Atte, Tita; Tien, Allen; Diamond, Guy – School Psychology, 2023
Externalizing problems are common in children ages 6-14, can have lifelong consequences, and may pose a particular risk when combined with other risk factors and symptoms (like depression and anxiety). Schools are uniquely positioned to assess and address these types of behavioral health concerns, but many school-based assessments do not focus on…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Child Behavior, Mental Health
Development of the PEBLebl Traveling Salesman Problem Computerized Testbed
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Mueller, Shane T.; Perelman, Brandon S.; Tan, Yin Yin; Thanasuan, Kejkaew – Journal of Problem Solving, 2015
The traveling salesman problem (TSP) is a combinatorial optimization problem that requires finding the shortest path through a set of points ("cities") that returns to the starting point. Because humans provide heuristic near-optimal solutions to Euclidean versions of the problem, it has sometimes been used to investigate human visual…
Descriptors: Sales Occupations, Salesmanship, Computer System Design, Computer Software Reviews
Construct Validity and Measurement Invariance of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III Form A
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Pae, Hye K.; Greenberg, Daphne; Morris, Robin D. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2012
The aim of this study was to apply the Rasch model to an analysis of the psychometric properties of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--III Form A (PPVT--IIIA) items with struggling adult readers. The PPVT--IIIA was administered to 229 African American adults whose isolated word reading skills were between third and fifth grades. Conformity of…
Descriptors: African Americans, Test Items, Construct Validity, Test Validity
Evaluating the Quality of E-Learning at the Degree Level in the Student Experience of Blended Learning
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Ginns, Paul; Ellis, Rob A. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
This paper reports on the development of a scale for determining the quality of the student e-learning experience at the degree level when the student learning context is predominately a campus-based experience. Rapid developments in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in higher education require methods for evaluating the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Quality Control, Psychometrics, Student Experience
Reliability of Performance Assessments: Let's Make Sure We Account for the Errors.
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Trevisan, Michael S. – 1991
Some of the issues regarding the estimation of reliability for performance assessments are explored, and a methodology is suggested for determination of reliability. In performance assessment, the magnitude of the reliability coefficient may be less than that obtained for a standardized test, since part of the potential use of performance…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Software, Educational Assessment, Estimation (Mathematics)