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Why Do Regular and Reversed Items Load on Separate Factors? Response Difficulty vs. Item Extremity
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Kam, Chester Chun Seng – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2023
When constructing measurement scales, regular and reversed items are often used (e.g., "I am satisfied with my job"/"I am not satisfied with my job"). Some methodologists recommend excluding reversed items because they are more difficult to understand and therefore engender a second, artificial factor distinct from the…
Descriptors: Test Items, Difficulty Level, Test Construction, Construct Validity
Assessing Behavioral Self-Regulation: A Validation Study
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Angelica Garzon Umerenkova; Jesus de la Fuente Arias – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2024
Introduction: Self-regulation is the ability to adequately plan and manage one's own behavior in a flexible manner. It is a predictor of well-being, health, academic performance, among others. The psychometric characterization of the Self-Regulation Questionnaire-Abbreviated (CAR-abr.) composed of 17 items is presented. A versatile instrument,…
Descriptors: Self Control, Self Management, Questionnaires, Psychometrics
A Comparison of Type I Error and Power Rates in Procedures Used Determining Test Dimensionality
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Guler, Gul; Cikrikci, Rahime Nukhet – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate the Type I Error findings and power rates of the methods used to determine dimensionality in unidimensional and bidimensional psychological constructs for various conditions (characteristic of the distribution, sample size, length of the test, and interdimensional correlation) and to examine the joint…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Error of Measurement, Decision Making, Factor Analysis
Construct-Driven SJTs: Toward an Agenda for Future Research
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Lievens, Filip – International Journal of Testing, 2017
A common theme running through recent research on Situational Judgment Tests (SJTs) and this special issue is the aim to improve the measurement of constructs via SJTs. Construct-driven SJTs differ from traditional SJTs in that they present a trait activating situation to test-takers and a more unidimensional set of response options that depict…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Agenda Setting, Construct Validity, Measurement Techniques
Evidence Regarding the Internal Structure: Confirmatory Factor Analysis
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Lewis, Todd F. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2017
American Educational Research Association (AERA) standards stipulate that researchers show evidence of the internal structure of instruments. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is one structural equation modeling procedure designed to assess construct validity of assessments that has broad applicability for counselors interested in instrument…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Models, Construct Validity
Modification and Validation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support for Chinese School Teachers
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Ho, Sammy K.; Chan, Edmund S. – Cogent Education, 2017
This study aims to investigate the psychometric properties of the revised multidimensional scale of perceived social support (R-MSPSS) for Chinese school teachers. A questionnaire comprising the R-MSPSS and other psychological measures was administered to a sample of 539 school teachers in Hong Kong. A series of confirmatory factor analysis was…
Descriptors: Multidimensional Scaling, Social Support Groups, Program Validation, Psychometrics