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Direct linkLi, Cheng-Hsien – Psychological Assessment, 2012
Of the several measures of optimism presently available in the literature, the Life Orientation Test (LOT; Scheier & Carver, 1985) has been the most widely used in empirical research. This article explores, confirms, and cross-validates the factor structure of the Chinese version of the LOT with ordinal data by using robust weighted least…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Psychological Testing, Chinese, Test Validity
Wang, Wen-Chung; Chen, Hsueh-Chu – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2004
As item response theory (IRT) becomes popular in educational and psychological testing, there is a need of reporting IRT-based effect size measures. In this study, we show how the standardized mean difference can be generalized into such a measure. A disattenuation procedure based on the IRT test reliability is proposed to correct the attenuation…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Rating Scales, Sample Size, Error of Measurement
