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Muraki, Eiji; Carlson, James E. – 1993
A multidimensional item response theory (IRT) model for polytomously scored items, based on the graded response model and using the normal ogive, is developed; and an EM algorithm that may be used to estimate the parameters of the model is also discussed. The model is illustrated through a simulation study in which the polytomous item responses of…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Equations (Mathematics), Estimation (Mathematics)
Babcock, Judith L.; And Others – 1992
This study used multiple methods to assess basic community needs and attributes of community atmosphere (cohesion, religious involvement, and recreational activities) in two psychometric studies. Part 1 revised self-report community assessment measures, developed multi-item scales for each construct, and tested reliabilities and factor structures…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Comparative Testing
Guskey, Thomas R.; Passaro, Perry – 1993
The structure of a concept generally labeled "teacher efficacy" is examined. A sample of 342 prospective and experienced teachers was administered an efficacy questionnaire adapted from the research of S. Gibson and M. H. Dembo (1984). Factor analytic procedures with varimax rotation were used to generate a 2-factor solution that accounted for 32…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
Marsh, Herbert W. – 1984
Negative item bias is produced by the inability of preadolescent children to respond appropriately to negatively worded items on rating scales, and is hypothesized to be a cognitive-developmental phenomenon. The effect is examined with responses to the Self Description-Questionnaire (SDQ), a multifactor self-concept instrument. In study 1,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Correlation, Elementary Education, Factor Structure
Dye, David A. – 1990
The construct validity of biographical items in the Individual Achievement Record (IAR) was assessed in an attempt to develop a confirmatory factor model. This first phase of a two-phase study focused on the IAR's use as a predictor of job performance. The IAR is an empirically keyed biodata inventory containing 112 multiple-choice items. Item…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biographical Inventories, Construct Validity, Educational Background
Peterson, Gary W. – 1986
Construct validity of a prototype baccalaureate generic problem solving skills test was explored through a structural analysis. The assessment method used three real-life problem situations crossed by six generic skills, namely Decision-Making, Communication, Analysis, Synthesis, Valuing and Execution. There were six written responses for each…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, College Students, Factor Analysis
Huckel, Lorraine H.; Velicer, Wayne F. – 1985
The Attribution Style Questionnaire (ASQ) is a short (36-item) objective inventory which assesses cognitions regarding responsibility for bad and good outcomes relevant to cognitive models of depression. Three alternative scoring systems have been proposed; no scoring system has been empirically verified. Convergent and discriminant validity have…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Higher Education
Trawick-Smith, Jeffrey – 1987
The purpose of this study was to test the reliability and validity of an instrument designed to measure the dramatic and sociodramatic play activity of young children. A total of 31 children were selected from early education programs on the basis of sex and socioeconomic status. The spontaneous classroom dramatic play behavior of each child was…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Demography, Dramatic Play, Factor Structure
Wiersma, William; And Others – 1983
This study focused on a comparison of the factor structures of the scores on l8 teacher competencies measured by both low-inference and high-inference observation. The observation inventories used were the Classroom Observations Keyed for Effectiveness Research (COKER) for low-inference observation, and the Teacher Performance Assessment…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Factor Analysis
Mellor-Crummey, Cynthia A.; And Others – 1989
A theoretical framework for conceptualization and assessment of preadolescent children's coping in social situations is presented. The framework classifies responses to stressful social situations according to four categories, consisting of anxiety amplification, in which children focus on negative emotions concerning an event without attempting…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Coping, Elementary School Students, Factor Structure
McGehee, T. J.; And Others – 1986
Underlying structure of the Basic Achievement Skills Individual Screener (BASIS) and the Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (K-TEA) were investigated using canonical correlation. Both are individually administered placement and screening instruments currently in use in many school systems that measure achievement in mathematics, reading, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Correlation, Diagnostic Tests
Taylor, Angela R.; Asher, Steven R. – 1985
A series of studies was conducted to investigate the nature of children's goals and the role of goals in children's competence in peer relations. First, a conceptual framework was devised which consisted of eight goal types reflecting social-interpersonal and task-related achievement aspects of game playing: task mastery, approach-oriented…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Hendrickson, Les – 1981
The study of the same people at several occasions is known by various names: panel studies, multi-wave, multi-variable models, cohort analysis, and gain score analysis. The use of econometric concepts, path analysis, and structural equation analysis to study multi-wave, multi-variable models became widespread in methodological practice in the late…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Myers, Pamela J. – 1979
A Foreign Language Enrollment Motivation Inventory was administered to 400 secondary school foreign language students in Minnesota. The following considerations were found to be influences on decisions by students to continue or not to continue language study: (1) language classroom activities, (2) interest in speaking the target language, (3)…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Educational Research, Factor Structure, Language Attitudes
Schurr, K. Terry; Henriksen, L. W. – 1980
Five questionnaire forms containing 61 items specifying potential inservice topics for public school teachers were sent to a stratified random sample of Indiana public school administrators and curriculum supervisors. The five forms differed in that, for two forms, the items were ungrouped and appeared in different orders; and, for three forms,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
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