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Reeve, Suzanne; Kitchen, Elizabeth; Sudweeks, Richard R.; Bell, John D.; Bradshaw, William S. – Journal of Applied Measurement, 2011
This article describes the development of a ten-item scale to assess biology majors' self-efficacy towards the critical thinking and data analysis skills taught in an upper-division cell biology course. The original seven-item scale was expanded to include three additional items based on the results of item analysis. Evidence of reliability and…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Self Efficacy, Measures (Individuals), Biology
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Carr, W. David; Frey, Bruce B.; Swann, Elizabeth – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2009
Objective: To establish the validity and reliability of an online assessment instrument's items developed to track educational outcomes over time. Design and Setting: A descriptive study of the validation arguments and reliability testing of the assessment items. The instrument is available to graduating students enrolled in entry-level Athletic…
Descriptors: Athletics, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Validity
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Greco, Laurie A.; Lambert, Warren; Baer, Ruth A. – Psychological Assessment, 2008
The authors describe the development and validation of the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth (AFQ-Y), a child-report measure of psychological inflexibility engendered by high levels of cognitive fusion and experiential avoidance. Consistent with the theory underlying acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), items converged into a…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Validity, Measures (Individuals), Item Analysis
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McNamara, James F. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2004
This article is the second contribution to a research methods series dedicated to getting good results from survey research. In this series, "good results" is a stenographic term used to define surveys that yield accurate and meaningful information that decision makers can use with confidence when conducting program evaluation and policy…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Research Methodology, Validity, Data Analysis
Ladd, Everett Carll, Jr.; And Others – 1978
The development and data validation of the 1977 Ladd-Lipset national survey of the American professoriate are described. The respondents were selected from a random sample of colleges and universities and from a random sample of individual faculty members from the universities. The 158 institutions in the 1977 survey were selected from 2,406…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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Yang, Yongwei; Buckendahl, Chad W.; Juszkiewicz, Piotr J.; Bhola, Dennison S. – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2005
With the continual progress of computer technologies, computer automated scoring (CAS) has become a popular tool for evaluating writing assessments. Research of applications of these methodologies to new types of performance assessments is still emerging. While research has generally shown a high agreement of CAS system generated scores with those…
Descriptors: Scoring, Validity, Interrater Reliability, Comparative Analysis