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Tenko Raykov; Christine DiStefano; Lisa Calvocoressi – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2024
This note demonstrates that the widely used Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) need not be generally viewed as a routinely dependable index for model selection when the bifactor and second-order factor models are examined as rival means for data description and explanation. To this end, we use an empirically relevant setting with…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Models, Decision Making, Comparative Analysis
Liu, Yan; Zumbo, Bruno D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2012
There is a lack of research on the effects of outliers on the decisions about the number of factors to retain in an exploratory factor analysis, especially for outliers arising from unintended and unknowingly included subpopulations. The purpose of the present research was to investigate how outliers from an unintended and unknowingly included…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Evaluation Research, Evaluation Methods
Curseu, Petru Lucian; Schruijer, Sandra G. L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2012
This study investigates the relationship between the five decision-making styles evaluated by the General Decision-Making Style Inventory, indecisiveness, and rationality in decision making. Using a sample of 102 middle-level managers, the results show that the rational style positively predicts rationality in decision making and negatively…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Measures (Individuals), Predictive Validity, Middle Management
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Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
A scale developed to aid in investigation of students' perceived control at school is described, and data on its reliability, validity, and factor structure are reported. Findings reported indicate the usefulness of the perceived control scale by summarizing data from several studies. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Correlation, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
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Short, Paula M.; Rinehart, James S. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
Three studies involving 79 teacher leaders, 4 school empowerment experts, and 387 secondary school teachers indicate that the 38-item School Participant Empowerment Scale (SPES) may tap 6 dimensions of empowerment within the school organization identified in the literature. The SPES effectively measures perceived empowerment in school settings.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Factor Analysis