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Miller, Joseph C.; Meier, Ellen; Muehlenkamp, Jennifer; Weatherly, Jeffrey N. – Behavior Modification, 2009
The Gambling Functional Assessment (GFA; Dixon & Johnson, 2007) is a 20-item self-report inventory identifying four potential consequences maintaining gambling behavior. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses are performed for two large, nonclinical samples of university undergraduates. For the exploratory analysis, the optimal model…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Construct Validity, Factor Structure, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Claessen, Mary; Heath, Steve; Fletcher, Janet; Hogben, John; Leitao, Suze – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2009
Background: There is a great deal of evidence to support the robust relationship between phonological awareness and literacy development. Researchers are beginning to understand the relationship between the accuracy and distinctiveness of stored phonological representations and performance on phonological awareness tasks. However, many of the…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Phonological Awareness, Validity, Goal Orientation
Zullig, Keith J.; Huebner, E. Scott; Patton, Jon M.; Murray, Karen A. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2009
Objectives: To investigate the psychometric properties of the BMSLSS-College among 723 college students. Methods: Internal consistency estimates explored scale reliability, factor analysis explored construct validity, and known-groups validity was assessed using the National College Youth Risk Behavior Survey and Harvard School of Public Health…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Public Health, Quality of Life, Construct Validity
Li, Kaigang; Kay, Noy S.; Nokkaew, Nattiporn – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the performance of the Thai-version of WHOQOL-BREF in assessing the quality of life (QoL) among Thai college students. The psychometric properties of WHOQOL-BREF were assessed in this study. The self-administered WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was applied. A total of 407 Thai college students (male age = 20.5…
Descriptors: College Students, Quality of Life, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
Nese, Joseph F. T.; Lai, Cheng-Fei; Anderson, Daniel; Jamgochian, Elisa M.; Kamata, Akihito; Saez, Leilani; Park, Bitnara J.; Alonzo, Julie; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2010
In this technical report, data are presented on the practical utility, reliability, and validity of the easyCBM[R] mathematics (2009-2010 version) measures for students in grades 3-8 within four districts in two states. Analyses include: minimum acceptable within-year growth; minimum acceptable year-end benchmark performance; internal and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Mathematics Tests, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Sirin, Selcuk R.; Rogers-Sirin, Lauren; Collins, Brian A. – Journal of Moral Education, 2010
This article presents the psychometric qualifications of a new video-based measure of school professionals' ethical sensitivity toward issues of racial intolerance in schools. The new scale, titled the Quick-Racial and Ethical Sensitivity Test (Quick-REST) is based on the ethical principles commonly shared by school-based professional…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Social Desirability, School Psychologists, Construct Validity
Usher, Ellen L.; Pajares, Frank – Review of Educational Research, 2008
The purpose of this review was threefold. First, the theorized sources of self-efficacy beliefs proposed by A. Bandura (1986) are described and explained, including how they are typically assessed and analyzed. Second, findings from investigations of these sources in academic contexts are reviewed and critiqued, and problems and oversights in…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Educational Research
Bell-Ellison, Bethany A.; Dedrick, Robert F. – Research in Higher Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to contribute to the construct validity of the scores from Rose's (2003) 34-item "Ideal Mentor Scale" (IMS) and to examine whether male and female doctoral students value different attributes in their ideal mentor. Two hundred and twenty-four doctoral students from colleges (Education, Public Health, Nursing, Arts and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Research Universities, Construct Validity, Doctoral Programs
Krojer, Jo; Holge-Hazelton, Bibi – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2008
Departing from a methodological experiment performed by the authors, this article reflects on and discusses issues of ethics and politics in poetic strategies of "representation". In relation to the experiment the article questions how to conceive the notion of connectedness between empirical time and the reconstruction of it in poststructuralist…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Ethics, Epistemology, Feminism
Vitacco, Michael J.; Jackson, Rebecca L.; Rogers, Richard; Neumann, Craig S.; Miller, Holly A.; Gabel, Jason – Assessment, 2008
Two of the most widely used measures for the assessment of malingering in forensic populations are the Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M-FAST) and the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS). The underlying dimensions of the SIRS have been well established in the literature, but the structure of the M-FAST remains relatively…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Crime, Construct Validity, Court Litigation
Nardi, Emma – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2008
In response to Barry McGaw's article "The role of the OECD in international comparative studies of achievement", this contribution explores two issues which the author considers closely interrelated. The first issue concerns the quality of the items produced to assess reading skills in the OECD-PISA and OECD-SIALS studies and the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Reading Skills
Metallidou, Panayiota; Platsidou, Maria – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
This study aimed at investigating: (a) the psychometric properties of Kolb's LSI-1985 in a Greek sample of pre-service and in-service teachers (N=338), (b) group differences in their learning styles and (c) possible relations between the participants' learning styles and their metacognitive knowledge about the frequency of using various…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Modalities, Construct Validity, Validity
Ferreira, Aristides I.; Hill, Manuela M. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2008
Perceptions of organisational culture made by three categories of staff playing managerial roles in each of two Portuguese Universities (one public and the other private) were compared using a questionnaire adapted from the Organisational Culture Assessment Instrument and translated into Portuguese. The four scales of the questionnaire, designed…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Private Colleges, Public Colleges, Administrator Attitudes
Qi, Cathy H.; Marley, Scott C. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2011
The purpose of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of the "Preschool Language Scale-4" (PLS-4) with a sample of English-speaking Hispanic and European American children who attended Head Start programs. Participants were 440 children between the ages of 3 and 5 years (52% male; 86% Hispanic and 14% European American).…
Descriptors: Evidence, Listening Comprehension, Speech Communication, Delayed Speech
Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center, 2007
This body of evidence summary reports the results of the evaluation of technical evidence in support of the California English Language Development Test (CELDT), as analyzed against a validated list of technical adequacy criteria. The table presented in this paper outlines the types of validity, reliability, and bias and sensitivity evidence…
Descriptors: Evidence, Validity, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency