A factor validity study of the Learning Style Profile (LSP) developed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals was conducted. Developed for use with students in grades 6 through 12, the Profile, which consists of 26 questions representing 24 independent subscales, requires approximately 60 minutes to finish. A random sample of…

This paper describes a questionnaire for exploring university students' approaches to learning statistics and investigates the approaches of more than 200 psychology students studying statistics. The Approaches to Learning Questionnaire (ALSQ) consists of two scales indicating deep and surface approaches to learning respectively. Three underlying…

The latent structure of the reading test of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Reading Literacy study was investigated. The use of latent class modeling for investigating the measurement properties of a large-scale reading assessment database is demonstrated. The study focused on response data from…

This paper explains the meaning and use of three important factor analytic statistics: factor scores, factor structure coefficients, and communality coefficients. For the discussion, 301 observations of junior high school students 11 measured variables from a previous study are analyzed. While factors provide the researcher with general…

The robustness of the polytomous Item Response Theory (IRT) model to violations of the unidimensionality assumption was studied. A secondary purpose was to provide guidelines to practitioners to help in deciding whether to use an IRT model to analyze their data. In a simulation study, the unidimensionality assumption was deliberately violated by…

In the present paper, the selection of scales and concepts and the format for administration are discussed in terms of an underlying linear model. (Editor)

In this article, new arguments and empirical evidence are presented justifying the use of standardized R- analysis (or equivalently Q- technique) in certain types of factor-analytic studies. (Editor)

This study reports the results of a factor analysis that prepared the way for the utilization of MSCA, which is designed to measure the developmental level of children aged 2 1/2 to 8 1/2 in a variety of areas. (Author/RK)

This factor analytic study of the cosmopolitan-local construct was designed to overcome criticism of earlier research on the construct's dimensionality. Based upon the data from this study, commitment to specialized role skills appears to take on three different role orientations rather than the single orientation suggested by the literature.…

Study asses the validity of the Inventory of Religious Activities and Interests (IRAI) for predicting for theological school students three sets of interest measures that reflect aspects of training in theological school. (Author)

In this study a test of vocational choice was developed and field tested for construct validity. (Authors)

Suggests a framework for analysis of a PPB success which can be used for subsequent cross-case comparisons. The framework consists of two major elements: (1) a typology of success variants which is useful in determining degrees of success and (2) a set of causal variables, both technical and behavioral, which can be employed in determining what…

A test normally used as a predictor of adjustment in normals and of academic success in normals and delinquents was administered to 35 adolescents with emotional problems. (Author/KM)

Using the notion of parallel items this paper presents a family of new criteria for cluster analysis. (Author)