Toward a Factor Analytic Definition of Academic Relevance.

Permut, Steven E.

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Publication Date: 1974

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Toward a Factor Analytic Definition of Academic Relevance

Permut, Steven E.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, 34, 4, 837-48, W 74

Underlying factor structure of 10 concepts rated by 67 students in an introductory advertising course was examined. Dimensions of relevance were found to conform to results reported by Menges and Trumpeter (1971) suggesting the potential for a university of basic dimensions of educational relevance across diverse fields of learning. (Author/RC)

Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Higher Education, Questionnaires, Relevance (Education), Semantic Differential, Values

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