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Direct linkMenold, Natalja – Field Methods, 2023
While numerical bipolar rating scales may evoke positivity bias, little is known about the corresponding bias in verbal bipolar rating scales. The choice of verbalization of the middle category may lead to response bias, particularly if it is not in line with the scale polarity. Unipolar and bipolar seven-category rating scales in which the…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Test Bias, Verbal Tests, Responses
Download full textGübes, Nese Öztürk – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
The aim of this study is to show how a many-facet Rasch measurement model (MFRM) can be used for quality control whilst monitoring a musical aptitude examination. The data used in this study was gathered from a musical aptitude examination which was applied in 2019-2020 academic year for selecting teacher candidates to a music education department…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education
Muslihin, Heri Yusuf; Suryana, Dodi; Ahman; Suherman, Uman; Dahlan, Tina Hayati – International Journal of Instruction, 2022
Self-determination can affect students to have a positive way of thinking and acting, also to make realistic choices so they can make a decision responsibly. This study aimed to develop a questionnaire to measure student self-determination and validate it. This study was conducted in 2019, involved 406 university students as participants…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Item Response Theory, Questionnaires
Maïano, Christophe; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Gagnon, Cynthia; Olivier, Elizabeth; Tracey, Danielle; Craven, Rhonda G.; Bouchard, Stéphane – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
The objective of the study was to validate adapted versions of the Glasgow Anxiety Scale for people with Intellectual Disabilities (GAS-ID) simultaneously developed in English and French. A sample of 361 youth with mild to moderate intellectual disability (ID) (M = 15.78 years) from Australia (English-speaking) and Canada (French-speaking)…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Anxiety, French, English
van Rensburg, Clarisse; Mostert, Karina – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2023
Student well-being has gradually become a topic of interest in higher education, and the accurate, valid, and reliable measure of well-being constructs is crucial in the South African context. This study examined item bias and configural, metric and scalar invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) for South African first-year…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, College Freshmen
Liu, Vivienne Yi-Yu; Lim, Sok Mui – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2022
Although the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) has been extensively adapted worldwide, work on the generalizability of the original English BRS to Asian populations remains limited. This research evaluated the psychometric properties of the English BRS through two studies with Singaporean undergraduate freshmen (Study 1 n = 839; Study 2 n = 1,068)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, College Freshmen, Resilience (Psychology)
Ser Ming Mark Lee; Wei Cheng Liu – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2024
Programme evaluation has developed tremendously over the past 50 years, with a proliferation of evaluation research, an increase in the institutionalization of evaluation, and growth in the professionalization of evaluation. However, existing research and developments are still largely in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Research, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Criteria
Zhong Jian Chee; Anke M. Scheeren; Marieke de Vries – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Despite several psychometric advantages over the 50-item Autism Spectrum Quotient, an instrument used to measure autistic traits, the abridged AQ-28 and its cross-cultural validity have not been examined as extensively. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the factor structure and measurement invariance of the AQ-28 in 818 Dutch (M[subscript…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Questionnaires, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
Maïano, Christophe; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; April, Johanne; Webster, E. Kipling; Hue, Olivier; Dugas, Claude; Ulrich, Dale – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2022
The objective was to assess the psychometric properties of a French-Canadian version of the third edition of the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-3). Participants were 127 French-speaking Canadian children. Results supported the validity-reliability of a bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling representation of the TGMD-3.…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Norm Referenced Tests, Motor Development, French Canadians
Emrah Higde; Ahmet Volkan Yüzüak; Zekiye Merve Öcal; Hilal Aktamis – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
The Many-Facet Rasch model is frequently used to analyse and minimize disparities in rater (judge) severity in performance evaluations, in which raters assign scores to test-takers' performances. In this research, the aim of the present study was to analyse science teacher candidates' laboratory activities by using the Many-facet Rasch model.…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Learning Activities, Science Process Skills, Student Attitudes
Brown, Ted – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2019
The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency -- Second Edition (BOT-2) is a commonly used assessment of children's skills. It is important that assessments have validity evidence reported about them. The objective of the study was to investigate the structural validity of the BOT-2's eight subscales and four composite scales. A sample of 117…
Descriptors: Performance Tests, Psychomotor Skills, Test Validity, Children
Yan, Weili; Siegert, Richard J.; Zhou, Hao; Zou, Xiaobing; Wu, Lijie; Luo, Xuerong; Li, Tingyu; Huang, Yi; Guan, Hongyan; Chen, Xiang; Mao, Meng; Xia, Kun; Zhang, Lan; Li, Erzhen; Li, Chunpei; Zhang, Xudong; Zhou, Yuanfeng; Shih, Andy; Fombonne, Eric; Zheng, Yi; Han, Jisheng; Sun, Zhongsheng; Jiang, Yong-hui; Wang, Yi – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
The recent adaptation of a Chinese parent version of the Autism Spectrum Rating Scale showed the Modified Chinese Autism Spectrum Rating Scale to be reliable and valid for use in China. The aim of this study was to test the Modified Chinese Autism Spectrum Rating Scale for fit to the Rasch model. We analysed data from a previous study of the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Parent Attitudes, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
van der Lans, Rikkert M.; Maulana, Ridwan; Helms-Lorenz, Michelle; Fernández-García, Carmen-María; Chun, Seyeoung; de Jager, Thelma; Irnidayanti, Yulia; Inda-Caro, Mercedes; Lee, Okhwa; Coetzee, Thys; Fadhilah, Nurul; Jeon, Meae; Moorer, Peter – SAGE Open, 2021
This study examines measurement invariance of student perceptions of teaching quality collected in five countries: Indonesia (n students = 6,331), the Netherlands (n students = 6,738), South Africa (n students = 3,422), South Korea (n students = 6,997) and Spain (n students = 4,676). The administered questionnaire was the My Teacher Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Effectiveness
International Journal of Testing, 2019
These guidelines describe considerations relevant to the assessment of test takers in or across countries or regions that are linguistically or culturally diverse. The guidelines were developed by a committee of experts to help inform test developers, psychometricians, test users, and test administrators about fairness issues in support of the…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Student Diversity, Cultural Differences, Language Usage
Ahmadi Shirazi, Masoumeh – SAGE Open, 2019
Threats to construct validity should be reduced to a minimum. If true, sources of bias, namely raters, items, tests as well as gender, age, race, language background, culture, and socio-economic status need to be spotted and removed. This study investigates raters' experience, language background, and the choice of essay prompt as potential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Test Bias, Essay Tests
