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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Construct validation"”.
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Construct validation of a language inventory
<p>Language is the all-encompassing term used in many places and having various denotations. For this reason language has uses, too. Oral language is used as a principal factor to determine cultural disadvantage and is the primary medium of instruction in the school setting. Language operates as …
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Intolerance of ambiguity: Measurement and construct validation.
Intolerance of ambiguity: Measurement and construct validation.
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"""Judgable"" persons: Personality characteristics and construct validation"
"The social interactions that people have with one another often yield a belief that some people are open and knowable and that others are closed and enigmatic. The current study investigated this individual difference characteristic, termed ""judgability,"" and its personality and behavioral …
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Work-Life Role Integration: A Construct Validation Study
… conducted to define and validate the theoretical construct, role integration. Study 1 focused on producing a theoretical definition and a psychometrically sound measure. Content, convergent, and discriminant validity evidence was collected. Study 2 provided further validity evidence for the role …
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A Pitfall in the Construct Validation of Ability Tests
… about problems in the theory and practice of the construct validation of ability tests. The main point is that there is a danger that people following the guidelines to be found in the construct validation literature will reach unjustified conclusions about which constructs tests measure. More …
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Construct Validation Of A Learning & Talent Development Strategic Alignment Scale
<p>The purpose of a Learning & Talent Development (LTD) function in organizations is to develop workforce capabilities to execute strategic priorities. A strategically aligned LTD function is perceived as a business partner and as an asset to the business. </p> <p>The study design followed a …
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Construct Validation of the ADEPT-15 Questionnaire in South Africa
… degree to which these assessments measure the constructs they are intended to measure. This construct validation study examines the relationship between the Adaptive Employee Personality Test (ADEPT-15) assessment and the shapes (management) questionnaire, developed by Aon Assessment Solutions. …
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Development and Construct Validation of the Pharmacists' Care of Migraineurs Scale
To develop and determine construct validity of the pharmacists' care of migraineurs scale (PCMS) an initial set of domains and items were derived from a review of the literature and from the results of focus groups with community pharmacists and migraineurs. Results from a nationwide sample of …
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Examination of a Nomological Network of Team Leadership: A Construct Validation Study
<p>This study examined the construct-related validity evidence for team leadership measurement within the United States Navy. Drawing on literature from industrial/organizational, sport, and military psychology, the current research specified one nomological network for officer team leadership …
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The Relationship Between Valuing Diversity and Implicit Racial Bias: A Construct Validation Study
<p>Two studies examined the construct validity of valuing diversity in relation to both explicit and implicit racial bias. In the first study, participants completed three measures: the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale to measure valuing diversity; the Implicit Association Test to assess …
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Construct Validation of an Integrated -Approach EAP Placement Test Using Multi -Group Structural Equation Modeling
… in literature preceded an investigation of the construct validity of the EPT. This powerful modeling technique enabled me to investigate comprehensively how listening and reading comprehension as proposed factors influenced or interacted with writing performance. Further, a fundamental concern …
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DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCT VALIDATION OF HOGAN’S RAW MODEL OF EMPLOYABILITY: THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK HARD COMPONENT
… synthesis of themes suggests that the construct may be dispositional. I examined proactive personality by using the G ProACT scale to help understand the multi-dimensionality of <em>Willingness to Work Hard</em>. <em>Taking initiative, rigidness, planning</em>, and <em>anticipating …
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Construct Validation of a Diagnostic L2 Listening Test: An Operational Model Utilized and Multidimensionality Issues Revisited
The present study was exploratory to bring a new perspective to multidimensionality issues in language testing. It encouraged testing experts to revisit the issues of multidimensionality from the perspective of test users' views. It argues for the meaningfulness of test users' needs and wants to …
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Construct validation of the type A behavior pattern in children: the importance of anger and achievement striving
The validity of the Type A construct for children was empirically examined in the present study. The multi-trait, multi-method construct validation strategy was used to determine if the convergent, concurrent, and discriminant validities of the Type A construct would be supported. Constructs used …
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Construct Validation of the Psychosocial Costs of Racism to Whites Scale for Ashkenazic Jews in the United States
<p>This study is a construct validation of the Psychosocial Costs of Racism to Whites Scale (Spanierman & Heppner, 2004) with Orthodox and non-Orthodox Ashkenazic (of European descent) American Jews. While Jewish-American biculturalism has been explored at length, there is a dearth of psychological …
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Construct Validation of an Integrated, Process-Oriented, and Computerized English for Academic Purposes (Eap) Placement Test: A Mixed Method Approach
… absence of evidence of bias ensures comparable construct and predictive validity for subgroups of language background, gender, and discipline. Sixth, students perceived a close match between the academic tasks and the CEEPT tasks, and they expressed their preference for the CEEPT and the …
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The relationship between social anxiety and alcohol consumption in college students: Scale development, construct validation, and testing of a social cognitive model
… shown to have adequate levels of reliability and construct validity. These questionnaires, along with measures of dispositional social anxiety, and a quantity-frequency index of alcohol use were then administered to 372 undergraduates. Seventy-one participants, identified as dispositionally …
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The Effect of Explicitly and Implicitly Presented Rhetorical Functions on The Comprehension of Scientific Discourse: A Multitrait-Multimethod Construct Validation Study of Est Reading Comprehensions
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the ability to comprehend an explicitly presented rhetorical function and the ability to comprehend an implicitly presented rhetorical function in scientific discourse constituted two distinct traits. This study also examined the relative effect of …
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An Empirical Investigation of the Validity of Secondary School Institutions Student Selection and Placement Test (Ssisspt) in Turkey
Based on the findings of the SSISSPT construct validation study, increasing the number of items in each subtest, field testing the test items before using them in the operational test, equating the test forms from year to year, keeping the same number of items for primary content areas as well as …
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