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Wetzel, Eunike; Xu, Xueli; von Davier, Matthias – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2015
In large-scale educational surveys, a latent regression model is used to compensate for the shortage of cognitive information. Conventionally, the covariates in the latent regression model are principal components extracted from background data. This operational method has several important disadvantages, such as the handling of missing data and…
Descriptors: Surveys, Regression (Statistics), Models, Research Methodology
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Gable, Robert K.; Ludlow, Larry H.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Kite, Stacey L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2011
The development of the Survey of Knowledge of Internet Risk and Internet Behavior is described. A total of 1,366 Grades 7 and 8 male and female students from an urban, suburban, and rural school offered agree-disagree responses to 26 statements defining one Knowledge Scale and five behavior dimensions. Literature-based support is presented for…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Construct Validity, Risk, Measures (Individuals)
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Hagger, Martin S.; Biddle, Stuart J. H.; John Wang, C. K. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2005
This study tests the generalizability of the factor pattern, structural parameters, and latent mean structure of a multidimensional, hierarchical model of physical self-concept in adolescents across gender and grade. A children's version of the Physical Self-Perception Profile (C-PSPP) was administered to seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade high…
Descriptors: Self Concept Measures, Self Esteem, Adolescents, Generalizability Theory