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Stability of Scores on Super's Work Values Inventory-Revised
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Leuty, Melanie E. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2013
Test-retest data on Super's Work Values Inventory-Revised for a group of predominantly White ("N" = 995) women (mean age = 23.5 years, SD = 8.07) and men (mean age = 21.5 years, SD = 5.80) showed stability in mean-level scores over a period of 1 year for the sample as a whole. However, low raw score and rank order stability coefficients…
Descriptors: Robustness (Statistics), Scores, Individual Differences, Item Analysis
Project Evaluation: Validation of a Scale and Analysis of Its Predictive Capacity
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Fernandes Malaquias, Rodrigo; de Oliveira Malaquias, Fernanda Francielle – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
The objective of this study was to validate a scale for assessment of academic projects. As a complement, we examined its predictive ability by comparing the scores of advised/corrected projects based on the model and the final scores awarded to the work by an examining panel (approximately 10 months after the project design). Results of…
Descriptors: Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Test Construction
Skills Acquisition in Plantain Flour Processing Enterprises: A Validation of Training Modules for Senior Secondary Schools
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Udofia, Nsikak-Abasi; Nlebem, Bernard S. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2013
This study was to validate training modules that can help provide requisite skills for Senior Secondary school students in plantain flour processing enterprises for self-employment and to enable them pass their examination. The study covered Rivers State. Purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 205. Two sets of structured…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Food Processing Occupations, Program Validation, Learning Modules
How Measurement Characteristics Can Affect ECERS-R Scores and Program Funding
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Hofer, Kerry G. – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2010
This project involved examining the most widely used instrument designed to evaluate the quality of early learning environments, the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised Edition (ECERS-R). There are many aspects related to the way that the ECERS-R is used in practice that can vary from one observation to the next. The method in which…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Measurement Techniques, Program Validation, Experimenter Characteristics
A Cross-Validation Study of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory
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Sheikh, Alia I.; Marotta, Sylvia A. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2005
This article is a cross-validation of R. G. Tedeschi and L. G. Calhoun's (1996) original study of the development of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). It describes several psychometric properties of scores on the PTGI in a sample of middle- to old-aged adults with a history of cardiovascular disease. The results did not support the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Program Validation, Item Analysis, Misconceptions
Testing the Difference between Two Alpha Coefficients with Small Samples of Subjects and Raters
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Feldt, Leonard S.; Kim, Seonghoon – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
Researchers sometimes need a statistical test of the hypothesis that two values of Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient are equal. The situation may involve scores from two different measures administered to independent random samples or from the same measure administered to random samples from two different populations. Feldt derived a test…
Descriptors: Individual Testing, Test Items, Sample Size, Scores