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Weissman, Alexander – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2006
A computerized adaptive test (CAT) may be modeled as a closed-loop system, where item selection is influenced by trait level ([theta]) estimation and vice versa. When discrepancies exist between an examinee's estimated and true [theta] levels, nonoptimal item selection is a likely result. Nevertheless, examinee response behavior consistent with…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Feedback, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
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Moller, Jens; Streblow, Lilian; Pohlmann, Britta; Koller, Olaf – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2006
Beside interindividual social comparisons, intraindividual dimensional comparisons in which students compare their achievements in one subject with their achievements in other subjects have an impact on their academic self-concepts. The internal/external frame of reference (I/E) model by Marsh (1986) assumes that dimensional comparisons lead to…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Academic Achievement, Physics, German
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Compas, Bruce E.; Boyer, Margaret C.; Stanger, Catherine; Colletti, Richard B.; Thomsen, Alexandra H.; Dufton, Lynette M.; Cole, David A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Reports of adolescents' coping with recurrent pain, symptoms of anxiety/depression, and somatic complaints were obtained from a sample of 164 adolescents with recurrent abdominal pain and their parents. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that coping consisted of 3 nonorthogonal factors: Primary Control Engagement Coping (problem solving,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Structural Equation Models, Pain, Factor Analysis
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Graham, John W.; Taylor, Bonnie J.; Olchowski, Allison E.; Cumsille, Patricio E. – Psychological Methods, 2006
The authors describe 2 efficiency (planned missing data) designs for measurement: the 3-form design and the 2-method measurement design. The 3-form design, a kind of matrix sampling, allows researchers to leverage limited resources to collect data for 33% more survey questions than can be answered by any 1 respondent. Power tables for estimating…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Structural Equation Models, Psychological Studies, Data Collection
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Schwanenflugel, Paula J.; Meisinger, Elizabeth B.; Wisenbaker, Joseph M.; Kuhn, Melanie R.; Strauss, Gregory P.; Morris, Robin D. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2006
The goals of this study were to (a) develop an empirically based model regarding the development of fluent and automatic reading in the early elementary school years and (b) determine whether fluent text-reading skills provided benefits for reading comprehension beyond those accounted for by fluent word decoding. First-, second-, and third-grade…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Fluency, Elementary Education, Reading Skills
Ceyhan, A. Aykut; Ceyhan, Esra – Online Submission, 2007
This research aims at examining the relationships among unethical computer usage behavior and the personality characteristics of locus of control, adjustment to social norms, antisocial tendency, and aggression on Turkish university students. The research was applied to 217 university students. Data were collected through Unethical Computer Using…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Ethics, Norms, Structural Equation Models
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Herrero, Juan; Gracia, Enrique – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
Social support from intimate and confiding relationships has received a great deal of attention; however, the study of the community as a relevant source of support has been comparatively lacking. In this article, we present a multidimensional measure of community support (Perceived Community Support Questionnaire, PCSQ). Through exploratory and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Predictive Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
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Vogt, Christina M.; Hocevar, Dennis; Hagedorn, Linda Serra – Journal of Higher Education, 2007
To resolve the dispute amongst several studies, this research investigated whether the new generation of women engineering majors, who have been better academically prepared and presumably instilled with confidence, still experience lower levels of achievement than male engineering students. This study was framed under Bandura's (1986) triadic…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Engineering Education, Majors (Students), College Students
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Sivo, Stephen A.; Pan, Cheng-Chang; Hahs-Vaughn, Debbie L. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
Factors affecting the student use of a course management system in a web-enhanced course are investigated using the technology acceptance model. Represented in the present study is the second phase of the analysis, with a focus on the causal relationship of subjective norms to student attitudes towards WebCT and their effect on three dependent…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Online Courses, Structural Equation Models, Web Based Instruction
Drew, Po Yin; Watkins, David – 1997
This study investigates the interrelationships of academic causal attributions, academic self-concept, learning approaches, and their effects on academic achievement among Hong Kong Chinese tertiary students. It was hypothesized that academic causal attributions and academic self-concept affect the learning approaches students adopt and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Causal Models, College Students
McCarthy, Christopher J.; And Others – 1996
The potential application of the appraisal theory of emotions developed by I. Roseman and others (1990) to transactional models of stress-produced emotions in the work place was tested. Data were gathered from 231 graduate students in counseling who were asked to rate their appraisals of taking a new job and subsequent emotional reactions, as well…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Career Change, Coping, Emotional Response
Brammer, Robert – 1998
The interview process was studied to uncover the relationship of expertise in psychotherapy to the likelihood of accurate diagnosis. Experience and training affect the number of diagnostic questions clinicians ask as compared to personal, family, social, occupational, and history questions; and this in turn affects the accuracy of the diagnoses…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Experience, Clinical Psychology
Volkan, Kevin – 1987
Structural equation modeling has become increasingly popular as a technique for the analysis of non-experimental data in the social sciences. This increase can be traced in part to the development of computer programs that facilitate structural equation modeling. The Linear Structural Relations (LISREL) program is the most widely used tool for…
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Data Interpretation, Goodness of Fit, Mathematical Models
Rugutt, John Kipngeno – 2001
This study used structural equation modeling and multilevel modeling approaches for purposes of simultaneous study of individual and group change patterns on three waves of two longitudinally assessed domains. This study illustrates a few of the dual approaches to the analysis of covariance structures as they relate to the same individual growth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Elementary Education
Nevitt, Jonathan – 2000
Structural equation modeling (SEM) attempts to remove the negative influence of measurement error and allows for investigation of relationships at the level of the underlying constructs of interest. SEM has been regarded as a "large sample" technique since its inception. Recent developments in SEM, some of which are currently available…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Goodness of Fit, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Monte Carlo Methods
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