Auteob Brel, Bunter M. Pogosa, Hunter M. Breland et al. · 2016
interaction Analysis Recent trends in college admissions are discussed in terms of their influe4ce test validation procedures. In particular, the effects pf new college admission practices are considered with respect to the problem of validating placement tests. Traditional test validation techniques are reviewed and compared to the needs specific to placement tests; as example of a placement test validation is presented. Content validity and trait-treatment interaction analyses are stressed in the example analysis, and the possibility of application of decision-theoretic utility models is introduced. In the example analysis, disordinal trait-treatment interactions were found in three colleges. (Author) I Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished
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Report No, Edrs Price, Jeff Noble · 2016
coursework and grade information for 26 courses was collected as part of a fall 1991 Preliminary American College Test Plus (P-ACT+) administration. Students were from 55 high schools. The accuracy with which students reported courses taken and grades earned was investigated by comparing this information to data obtained from school transcripts. The typical (median) proportion of students providing accurate reports of courses taken was 0.96. The typical proportion of students accurately reporting grades was 0.64, and the corresponding median correlation between self-reported and transcript grades was 0.79. Variation in reporting accuracy was founu across schools and for selected subgroups of students. Students' self-reported coursework and grade information appeared sufficiently accurate to be used for research concerning the educational development of groups of students. Self-reported grades did not appear to be sufficiently accurate for use in decisions concerning
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Michael D. Franzen · 2017
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Reaz Mahmud (8576883), K. M. Nazmul Islam Joy (13804087), Mohammad Aftab Rassel (10535577) et al. · Figshare · 2022
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William Stout, Howard Wainer, Henry Braun · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1990
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Burns Marilyn · 2016
This guide--written for school administrators, teachers, counselors, parents, and the community--describes educational tests and.measur- Ants and test-related statistics. While specifically intended to help readers interpret the tests administered in the Los Angeles (California) Unified School District, this information may also be used to interpret other test results. Topics include: (1) why schools administer tests; (2) what tests measure; (3) objective tests and subjective tests; (4) standardized,, norm-referenced, and critereon referenced achievement tests; (5) test reliability and validity; and (6) standard error of measurement. The section on scores describes raw scores, percent correct scores, percentile scores, scale scores, grade equivalent scores, stanines, and criterion referenced scores. Scores for groups (of students are also discussed: central tendency (mean, median, and mode scores) and variability (range, quartile rank and standard deviation). In the concluding section, an analysis of the real meaning of test scores is offered in which potential problems resulting from test use are cited and discussed. A 66-item glossary is appended. (GDC) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. AU,
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Richard H, Of Rorschach, Millon Clinical et al. · 1988
Three standard assessment instruments (Rorschach, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory and 16PF) were administered to 12 participating Rosebud Sioux Indians—6 males, 6 females. Reports were generated for each instrument. Consensual and unique concepts contained in all the reports were analyzed in order to describe the contents. Six judges, all residents of the reservation and either college employees or social agency personnel attempted to match the participants with their reports. The judges may not have known all of the participants intimately, but they were well acquainted with the facts of their lives. Two general questions were explored: (1) can people who are acquainted with all participants identify them from their reports; and (2) what are the similarities and differences in report content among the three instruments. Only two judges were able to identify reports with significant accuracy, suggesting that
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Michael D. Franzen · 2018
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Sprangers Mirjam · 2016
Social desirability responding and effort justification were each studied for their effect on response shift as seen in retrospective pretest-posttest responses. The first study used a bogus pipeline induction (half the subjects were told their self-reporting could later be validated) before the self-report pretest. After experimental or control treatment they completed a 16-scale self-reporting instrument. The treatment was found to be effective, with bogus pipeline induction lowering self-reported preratings and preventing response shift. The second experiment examined effort justification, lowering the pretest rating to justify participation effort. It included experimental, placebo, and no-treatment conditions. Both a self-report instrument consisting of 20 self-rating scales and a 16 three-choice item knowledge test were administered. The treatment was found to be effective and a mean
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David Maldavsky · SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología · 2013
<p>The author first exposes a complement of a previous test about convergent validity, then a construct validity test and finally an external validity test of the David Liberman algorithm. The first part of the paper focused on a complementary aspect, the differential sensitivity of the DLA 1) in an external comparison (to other methods), and 2) in an internal comparison (between two ways of using the same method, the DLA). The construct validity test exposes the concepts underlined to DLA, their operationalization and some corrections emerging from several empirical studies we carried out. The external validity test examines the possibility of using the investigation of a single case and its relation with the investigation of a more extended sample.</p>
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A. Yuspahruddin (18495479), Hafid Abbas (18495482), Indra Pahala (18495485) et al. · Figshare · 2024
<div><p>This study underscores the significance of assessing the capabilities of rehabilitation officers in navigating challenges, devising innovative work methods, and successfully executing the rehabilitation process. This is particularly crucial amid the dual challenges of overcapacity and the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic, making it an essential area for research. To be specific, it aims to obtain empirical evidence about the influence of proactive personality and supportive supervision on proactive work behavior, as well as the mediating role of Role Breadth Self-efficacy and Change Orientation. This research was conducted on all rehabilitation officers at the Narcotics Penitentiary in Sumatra, totaling 272 respondents. This study employs a quantitative method via a questionnaire using a purposive sampling technique. The data was subsequently examined using the Lisrel 8.70 software and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). It can be concluded from the results that the rehabilitation officers for narcotics addicts at the Narcotics Penitentiary can create and improve proactive work behavior properly through the influence of proactive personality, supportive supervision, role breadth self-efficacy, and change orientation. The study may suggest new ways of working and generate new ideas to increase initiative, encourage feedback, and voice employee concerns. Furthermore, this research has the potential to pinpoint deficiencies in proactive work behavior, serving as a foundation for designing interventions or training programs. These initiatives aim to enhance the innovative and creative contributions of rehabilitation officers in the rehabilitation process.</p></div>
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Qiujian Xu (2186434), Xiaoyu Wang (182979), Mingyi Yang (11894078) et al. · Figshare · 2025
<div> Background Perfectionism as a multidimensional personality trait, is closely related to many important factors affecting mental, emotional, and daily life, and thus has received extensive attention from researchers around the world. The Big Three Perfectionism Scale (BTPS) is a widely recognized tool in global research, providing a comprehensive framework for assessing perfectionism through three higher-order factors and ten dimensions. Objectives This study aims to translate and validate the BTPS in the context of music student population in mainland China, assessing its cross-cultural reliability and psychometric properties to ensure its applicability within this specific population. Methods This study evaluated the factor structure, convergent validity, predictive validity, and overall validity of the Chinese version of the BTPS. The methodology involved translating the BTPS into Chinese and conducting cross-cultural validation through experiments with a substantial sample of musical expertise from Chinese mainland (n ≥ 442). Results The results aimed to support the hypothesis that the three-factor structural model of the BTPS demonstrates invariance within this population. Preliminary experimental results indicated that the Chinese version of the BTPS has good validity in the musical expertise population in Chinese mainland (Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.86, 0.95 and 0.94 for the three dimensions, respectively), and the significance of the data (KMO > 0.6, p < 0.05) suggests that it can be further analyzed by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and validation factor analysis (CFA). Conclusions Our preliminary results show the feasibility of cross-cultural research on the findings of psychometric instruments from other countries, and the authors’ pioneering work is also of practical significance in enriching the psychometric instruments on perfectionism in China, which will provide a valid basis for a series of future studies on perfectionism related to music psychology. </div>
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Carol Goldenberg, Dor-ithea S · 2016
Described is the development and revision over a 3-year period of the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning (DIAL), a screening test to identify pre-kindergarten children with learning disabilities. The DIAL is said to provide for gross motor, fine motor, cognitive, and communications assessment of large groups of children. Among the three years of DIAL research efforts discussed are a longitudinal study of 520 children, establishment of male and female norms for a population of 3100 children, and comparison of achievement _ and readiness scores with DIA1 scores for 249 children. Among conclusions cited are high interrater reliability on the DIAL, significant correlation between DIAI scores and achievement and readiness test scores, and the feasibility of identifying pre-kindergarten children who need further evaluation. (CL)
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Yutong Leng (15460741), Xinmin Liu (408161), Xinjiang Wang (382770) · Figshare · 2023
<div><p>The key trend for future agricultural growth is efficient, green and sustainable high-quality development, and it is crucial to sort out the factors influencing high-quality agricultural development.</p><p><b>Objectives</b>: The purpose of this study is to dissect whether environmental regulation has a catalytic effect on quality rural development, through which paths it is driven and whether there is a threshold effect to be further clarified.</p><p><b>Method</b>: In this study, the panel data of 34 provinces in China from 2012 to 2018 are used, and 17 variables are used to construct an evaluation index system, covering four dimensions: agricultural endowment, agricultural output level, agricultural green degree and social sustainability. The high-quality development of agriculture is measured by entropy method. And further, using a baseline regression model and a mediating effects model, we empirically investigated the impact of environmental regulation on high-quality agricultural development and its mechanism of action, and empirically assessed the nonlinear effects of environmental regulation using a threshold regression model.</p><p><b>Results</b>: Environmental control, as noted in the study, considerably assists in the establishment of high-quality agriculture; at the same time, large-scale land management plays a role in mitigating the influence of both. There is a single income threshold impact on rural households between high-quality agricultural growth and environmental regulation, and once that threshold is reached, the influence of high-quality agricultural growth grows.</p><p><b>Contribution</b>: According to the research findings, recommendations are made for the design of scientific environmental regulation policies, the establishment of a sound service system for large-scale rural land management, and the establishment of a stable mechanism for rural residents to sustain their income, in order to strengthen the effect of environmental regulation and realize high-quality agricultural growth in China. The marginal contribution of this paper is to enrich the study of the relationship between environmental regulation and high-quality agricultural development, which has theoretical and practical implications for promoting sustainable agricultural development.</p></div>
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Gulsanam Amat (20598006), Jing Wang (6206297) · Figshare · 2025
<div> The issue of rural living environment is a critical concern for China and the global community, intricately intertwined with regional economic development. The proactive involvement of rural residents, who are both beneficiaries and influencers of the environment, constitutes a cornerstone in improving environmental standards. Therefore, the factors that shape rural residents’ participation in living environment upgrade must be explored. Drawing upon the theory of planned behavior and social capital theory, this study employs a structural equation model (SEM) to comprehensively examine the determinants of rural residents’ engagement in living environment upgrade, utilizing data from 334 households in Hebei Province, China. The findings can be summarized as follows: (1) Social networks, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and attitudes towards behavior significantly and positively impact rural residents’ engagement in upgrading the living environment, (2) Attitudes towards behavior act as mediators between perceived behavioral control and rural residents’ engagement in living environment upgrade, as well as between subjective norms and rural residents’ engagement in living environmental upgrade. (3) Social networks could indirectly influence rural residents’ engagement in living environment upgrade through the independent mediating effect of subjective norms and attitudes towards behavior, as well as through the chain mediating effect of the two. In conclusion, several managerial recommendations are proposed to stimulate rural residents’ active participation in living environment upgrade. </div>
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Youan Ke (17328162), Lin Lu (5759), Xiaochun Luo (539291) · Figshare · 2023
<div><p>Supply chain resilience has garnered significant attention from both scholars and practitioners. However, the complex nature of the topic has resulted in a dearth of research on its key elements and formation mechanisms. To bridge this knowledge gap, we implemented grounded theory and conducted semi-structured interviews with 23 interviewees, which led to the identification of six key elements of supply chain resilience through open coding, axial coding, selective coding, and theoretical model saturation testing. These elements are product supply resilience, resource resilience, partner resilience, information response resilience, capital resilience, and knowledge resilience. Drawing from the key elements and the three phases of supply chain resilience (readiness, response, and recovery), we illustrated its formation mechanism and constructed a theoretical model of the influencing factors and pathways of supply chain resilience. We devised a questionnaire based on the coding results and confirmed its reasonableness and validity with a small sample of 109 questionnaires. Subsequently, a large sample of 409 questionnaires was used to test and validate the theoretical model using structural equation modeling, demonstrating that the identified key elements positively impact supply chain resilience. In sum, our paper enriches the comprehension of supply chain resilience by identifying its key elements and elaborating on its formation mechanism.</p></div>
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James L · 2016
This manual contains the Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Questionnaire (CCSAQ), a measure designed to assist service agencies working with children with disabilities and their families in self-evaluation of their cross-cultural competence. The measure is based on the Child and Adolescent Service System Program Cultural Competence Model. This model describes cultural competency in terms of four dimensions: attitude, practice, policy, and structure. Introductory material notes ways the CCSAQ has been used to identify an agency&apos;s cultural competence training needs in a variety of agencies in seven states. Individual sections of the manual provide information on the application and administration of the measure, its outcomes, its reliability, its content validity, the scoring guide, and presentation of resulting data in a comprehensible format. Implications for training are discussed. Appendices include
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Qi-Song Yan (18086578), Zhao-Qi Zhang (18086581), Cai-Xia Er (18086584) et al. · Figshare · 2024
<div><p>The Chinese government’s environmental conservation efforts require the active participation of all society. This study investigated how internal and external efficacy influence pro-environmental behavior with environmental willingness as a mediator. This study employed a structural equation model to analyze the data from 1499 survey questionnaires. The analysis revealed that both internal and external efficacy can enhance individuals’ pro-environmental behavior in the private and public spheres. External efficacy has a stronger impact on environmental willingness and public sphere environmental behavior, while internal efficacy more significantly influences private sphere environmental behavior. Additionally, environmental willingness only mediates efficacy and public sphere environmental behavior. The innovation of this study is the examination of internal and external efficacy from the perspective of different sources and the comparison of their differential impacts on pro-environmental behavior. Relevant policies should effectively enhance residents’ internal and external efficacy to comprehensively improve their level of pro-environmental behavior.</p></div>
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Rui Gan (4972174), Xiaoheng Chen (17087484), Zhiyan Wang (2949291) et al. · Figshare · 2023
<div><p>Innovation has emerged as a crucial factor in the sustenance and growth of enterprises. Nonetheless, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) confront numerous challenges in their pursuit of innovation, owing to constraints in capital, expertise, and knowledge resources. Drawing on the resource-based theory and the input-process-output (IPO) model, this study devises a mechanism model to assess the impact of knowledge heterogeneity and innovation performance on small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in Guizhou Province, China. The objective is to offer recommendations for the advancement and innovation of enterprises with relative knowledge resource deficiencies. A total of 324 valid questionnaires were gathered, and the acquired data were analyzed employing SPSS 23.0 and Amos 26.0. The findings reveal that knowledge heterogeneity exerts a significantly positive influence on innovation performance. Task conflict and relationship conflict serve as partial mediators in the effects of knowledge heterogeneity on innovation performance. By capitalizing on the heterogeneity of internal and external knowledge, enterprises can effectively enhance their innovation outcomes. Furthermore, the study demonstrates that knowledge sharing possesses a moderating effect on the impact of knowledge heterogeneity on task conflict, relationship conflict, and innovation performance. In a conducive sharing environment, the ultimate effect of knowledge heterogeneity on innovation is subject to alteration.</p></div>
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Lisa A. Williams · OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) · 2018
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