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Investigating Differences between Low- and High-Stakes Test Performance on a General Education Exam
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Cole, James S.; Osterlind, Steven J. – Journal of General Education, 2008
There is increasing pressure for institutions of higher education in the United States to objectively document student learning outcomes. Criticism of higher education is mounting, with the result being that education institutions need to be more accountable for student learning on their campuses. As a result, there is increased interest in the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, General Education, Performance Based Assessment
Quantitative and Qualitative Intersections between the Eight State Questionnaire and the Profile of Mood States.
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Boyle, Gregory J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987
Canonical-redundancy analyses were computed across the Profile of Mood States and the Eight State Questionnaire on a sample of 289 college undergraduates in order to estimate the degree of measurement overlap of the two multidimensional mood-state instruments. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Comparative Testing, Concurrent Validity, Foreign Countries
Conflict Management Styles Predicted by Managerial Frames of Reference.
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Van Epps, Pamela D.; Thompson, Bruce – 1990
The measurement integrity of M. A. Rahim's Organizational Conflict Inventory (ROCI-II) and D. M. Roussel's Managerial Frames of Mind Survey (MFMS) was investigated, as was the relationship between scores on the two measures. Subjects were 369 managers from three types of organizations: (1) higher education; (2) not-for-profit public sector…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Comparative Testing, Conflict Resolution
The MMPI Is Less Sensitive to the Automated Testing Format than It Is to Repeated Testing: Item and Scale Effects.
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Schuldberg, David – Computers in Human Behavior, 1988
Describes study that investigated the effects of computerized test administration on undergraduates' responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), and discusses methodological considerations important in evaluating the sensitivity of personality inventories in different administration formats. Results analyze the effects of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education
Parental Antecedents of Sex Role Orientation.
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Lamke, Leanne K.; Filsinger, Erik E. – Adolescence, 1983
Examined the relationship between sex role orientation and parental child rearing practices in 69 college women. Using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), results did not support the existence of such a relationship, and failed to replicate earlier findings based on analysis of variance (ANOVA). (JAC)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, College Students, Comparative Testing, Higher Education
Cross-Racial Comparison of the WAIS and WAIS-R.
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Whitworth, Randolph H.; Gibbons, Ruth T. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
A cross-racial comparison of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) was made with the revised version, the WAIS-R. Three groups of Anglo, Black, and Mexican-American male college students were administered both versions of the WAIS on the same day. Significant differences were found among the racial groups. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Comparative Testing
Canonical Correlations between Dimensions of Acculturation and Psychological Adjustment.
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Orozco, Sergio; Freidrich, Katherine R. – 1992
The relationship between factors underlying a measure of acculturation, the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans (ARSMA), and the 566-item Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was studied. The ARSMA consists of 20 questions that are scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from Mexican oriented (1) to Anglo oriented (5).…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Comparative Testing