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Download full textKorpi, Meg; Haertel, Edward – 1984
The purpose of this paper is to further the cause of clarifying construct interpretations of tests, by proposing that non-metric multidimensional scaling may be more useful than factor analysis or other latent structure models for investigating the internal structure of tests. It also suggests that typical problems associated with scaling…
Descriptors: Correlation, Factor Structure, Intermediate Grades, Item Analysis
Peer reviewedLewis, John; Todd, Robert – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
Intercorrelations among the Metropolitan Achievement Test (social studies) and three cognitive abilities tests (verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal) were calculated for a sample of fifth grade pupils. (JKS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Correlation, Grade 5
