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Peer reviewedWatters, Derek A.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1990
Factor analysis problems of scales with dichotomous items were illustrated using the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children. A different solution than that of R. E. Lindal and P. H. Venables (1983) was obtained, despite using similar samples--2 random samples of 671 and 674 male seventh and eighth graders. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Factor Analysis, Grade 7
Download full textGreene, Jennifer C.; Kellogg, Theodore – 1977
Statewide assessment data available from two school years, two grade levels, and five sources (achievement tests; student, principal, and teacher questionnaires; and principal interviews), were aggregated to more closely investigate the relationship between student/school characteristics and student achievement. To organize this large number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Databases, Educational Assessment
Ingels, Steven J.; Owings, Jeffrey A. – 1994
The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) serves as an example of how three specific problems of representativeness in a longitudinal study may be approached and overcome. NELS:88 was designed to provide longitudinal data about the educational transitions experienced by students as they leave eighth grade and move through high…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Change, Cohort Analysis, Eligibility
