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Examining Factors for the Academic Motivation Based on the Confirmatory, the Exploratory and the Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Models
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Kartal, Seval Kula – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2020
One of the aims of the current study is to specify the model providing the best fit to the data among the exploratory, the bifactor exploratory and the confirmatory structural equation models. The study compares the three models based on the model data fit statistics and item parameter estimations (factor loadings, cross-loadings, factor…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Academic Motivation Scale with Black College Students
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Cokley, Kevin – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2015
The factor structure of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) was examined with a sample of 578 Black college students. A confirmatory factor analysis of the AMS was conducted. Results indicated that the hypothesized seven-factor model did not fit the data. Implications for future research with the AMS are discussed.
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Goodness of Fit, Student Motivation
An Empirical Analysis of an Alternative Configuration of the Academic Motivation Scale
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Smith, Kenneth J.; Davy, Jeanette A.; Rosenberg, Donald L. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine an alternative configuration of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS), a psychometric instrument used as a measure of academic motivation in various academic environments. The analyses utilised data from a convenience sample of 2354 business students, broken into two random subsamples of 1177 cases.…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Construct Validity