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Strickland, Guy – 1970
These appendices to ED 043 919 contain the test instrument itself, which was not included with the original announcement. The Attitude to School Questionnaire (ASQ) is designed to measure first graders' attitudes toward school. ASQ is a group-administered, paper and pencil, nonverbal, paced test. The child listens to a description of a situation…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Grade 1
McCroskey, James C.; And Others – 1972
This study reports a portion of a series of investigations designed to determine to what extent credibility scales can be generalized. The investigation data was collected in six phases, representing six subject populations. All of the subjects were either college students or non-student adults. Subjects were asked to respond to one of four…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Credibility, Evaluation Methods, Factor Structure
Ryan, Joseph P.; Hamm, Debra W. – 1976
A procedure is described for increasing the reliability of tests after they have been given and for developing shorter but more reliable tests. Eight tests administered to 200 graduate students studying educational research are analyzed. The analysis considers the original tests, the items loading on the first factor of the test, and the items…
Descriptors: Career Development, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Item Analysis
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Schuster, D. H.; Millard, Joseph E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
The responses of five samples of elementary and secondary school students to the Brooks Student Questionnaire were factor analyzed. Extracted factors, centile norms, and reliability data are reported. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Structure, Item Analysis
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Whiteley, Susan E.; Doyle, Kenneth O. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
Stable factors of student ratings of teachers have been found under a variety of settings. The author suggests that these factors are artifacts of the raters' implicit categories of teaching behaviors and are not necessarily reflective of the behaviors themselves. (JKS)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Higher Education, Rating Scales
Shwalb, Barbara J.; Shwalb, David W. – Evaluation in Education: An International Review Series, 1985
Japanese school teachers provided examples of cooperative and competitive student behaviors in order to construct rating scales. Further ranking and factor analysis resulted in nine competitive and eight cooperative items. Age differences are discussed, as well as the Japanese society's encouragement of cooperative activities. The items are…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Competition, Cooperation, Cross Cultural Studies
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Mitchell, Karen J.; Molidor, John B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
Research reported in this paper considered the construct validity of a trial essay administered in 1985-87 Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). The addition of the essay caused the non-science factor observed in previous MCAT research to be more strongly defined. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Construct Validity, Correlation, Essay Tests
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Friesen, David; And Others – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Responses to a 45-item questionnaire on job satisfaction administered to 410 principals in Alberta, Canada, found that contributing factors were responsibility and autonomy, principal-teacher work involvement, liaison at the district level, status recognition and task demands. Resource adequacy, salary and benefits, and rapport with students were…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role
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Baldauf, Richard B., Jr.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1985
The reliability and factorial validity of the Self Concept as a Learner Scale was studied, using 12-year-old Anglo-Australians. Reliability was acceptable for total scale and three subscales (task orientation, problem solving, and class membership), but not motivation. The validity of the factorial subscales was not confirmed. (GDC)
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools, Learning
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Pierson, Dorothy; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1985
The construct validity and reliability of the Porter Needs Satisfaction Questionnaire (adapted) for educators were examined. Results did not support its use as suggested by Porter. Suggestions for its revision and alternate use are presented. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Structure, Job Satisfaction
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Marsh, Herbert W. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1985
This study examines the factor structure of response to the masculinity-femininity (MF) scale of the Comrey Personality Scales for males and females. The use of confirmatory factor analysis for testing hierarchical factor structures and factorial invariance is illustrated. The findings argue that MF is a multifaceted, hierarchical construct.…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Females
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Carroll, John B.; And Others – Intelligence, 1984
Whether "psychometric" and "Piagetian" kinds of intelligence are similar is a question of whether they have similar courses of development with age. When using factor analysis to address this issue, age effects must be eliminated in order to assess relations among measured constructs. Reanalyses of previous results were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Structures, Developmental Continuity
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Green, Kathy; Harvey, David – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
The purpose of this study was to provide cross-cultural validation evidence about the factorial structure, reliability, and correlates of the Attitudes Toward Mainstreaming Scale for samples of education students, teachers-in-training, and elementary school teachers in New Zealand. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Measures, Disabilities, Education Majors
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Thornburg, Kathy R.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1983
The Parent as a Teacher Inventory, a measure of parents' feelings and beliefs regarding interaction with their young children, was administered to 615 parents of preschool children. The failure to validate the subsets illustrates the complexity of parenting behavior and the difficulties with content vs. construct validity. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Measures, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
Bastick, Tony – 1999
A method for measuring the contribution an individual makes to group work is described, and its use is supported through a study of 57 university students aged from 20 to 46 years working in 8 groups of 4 to 10 members each. The method recognizes that the most valid sources of information on the contribution of each individual to the group work…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Cooperative Learning, Criteria
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