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Comparative Validity of Harris Point and Quality Scales
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Gayton, William F.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Evaluation, Intellectual Development
Measuring Recognition Performance Using Computer-Based and Paper-Based Methods.
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Federico, Pat-Anthony – Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 1991
Using a within-subjects design, computer-based and paper-based tests of aircraft silhouette recognition were administered to 83 male naval pilots and flight officers to determine the relative reliabilities and validities of 2 measurement modes. Relative reliabilities and validities of the two modes were contingent on the multivariate measurement…
Descriptors: Aircraft Pilots, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Males
Reliability of the Revised Psychopathy Checklist in Substance Abuse Patients.
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Alterman, Arthur I.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1993
One month test-retest reliability of the Revised Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R) was examined in 88 methadone-maintained males, along with effects of increased information about patients on PCL-R scores and diagnostic derivations. Test-retest reliabilities are quite good. Other findings also confirm potential utility of the PCL-R for research. (SLD)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Testing, Diagnostic Tests
Stability of WISC-R IQs: An Investigation of Ethnic Differences over Time.
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Elliott, Stephen N.; Boeve, Kurtis – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987
This investigation examined the three-year stability of WISC-R IQs for a balanced sample of Anglo, Black, and Mexican-American handicapped children. No significant differences in mean IQs were found across the three ethnic groups, although WISC-R Verbal and Performance IQs varied significantly over the test-retest period. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
The Satisfaction with Life Scale: Psychometrics Properties in an Adolescent Sample.
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Neto, Felix – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1993
The applicability of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), developed in the United States, to another culture was assessed by investigating reliability and validity of the SWLS with 99 boys and 118 girls from Portugal. The cross-national validity of the scale and its utility with different age groups are supported. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Comparative Testing
The Structure of Academic Self-Concept: The Marsh/Shavelson Model.
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Marsh, Herbert W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
New academic self-concept measures were used to assess self-concepts for 234 boys in grades 5 and 6 (13 subjects) and 524 boys in grades 7 through 10 (16 subjects) at a Catholic boys school in Sydney (Australia) and to test the Marsh/Shavelson model. Academic self-concept is remarkably subject specific. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Self-Esteem Stability and Responses to the Stability of Self Scale.
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Marsh, Herbert W. – 1992
The Stability of Self Scale has been used to infer the stability of self-concept from responses collected on a single occasion. Using the large, nationally representative Youth in Transition data for 10th grade boys in public high schools in 1966, Stability of Self responses were related to the variability in self-esteem responses collected in 4…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Grade 10