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Measuring Motivation to Take Low-Stakes Large-Scale Test: New Model Based on Analyses of "Participant-Own-Defined" Missingness
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Liu, Yuan; Hau, Kit-Tai – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2020
In large-scale low-stake assessment such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), students may skip items (missingness) which are within their ability to complete. The detection and taking care of these noneffortful responses, as a measure of test-taking motivation, is an important issue in modern psychometric models.…
Descriptors: Response Style (Tests), Motivation, Test Items, Statistical Analysis
California Psychological Inventory Dominance Scale Measurement Equivalence: General Population Normative and Indian, U.K., and U.S. Managerial Samples
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Kulas, John T.; Thompson, Richard C.; Anderson, Michael G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2011
The California Psychological Inventory's Dominance scale was investigated for inconsistencies in item-trait associations across four samples (one American normative and three culturally dissociated manager groupings). The Kim, Cohen, and Park procedure was used, enabling simultaneous multigroup comparison in addition to the traditional…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Measures (Individuals), Correlation, Prediction
Cultural Specificity of Approaches to Studying in Higher Education: A Comparative Investigation Using the Approaches to Studying Inventory.
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Richardson, John T. E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
Approaches to studying were investigated in 227 U.S. college students using a short form of the Approaches to Studying Inventory. The factor structure of responses differed from that previously obtained in the United Kingdom, suggesting that basic study orientations are interpreted in a manner distinct to each cultural context. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences