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Factor Analyses of Three Tests of Critical Thinking
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The epidemiology of anaplasmosis: Geographic and risk factor analyses for Illinois cattle and white-tailed deer
… combined to examine spatial and individual risk factors for anaplasmosis, an economically significant, blood-borne infection of ruminants. A survey of 220 Illinois veterinarians identified a significantly clustered pattern of infection (p $<$.05) with two endemic clusters; in southern and in …
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Principles and practice in reporting exploratory or confirmatory factor analyses in palliative care research: A systematic review
Background: Factor analysis (FA) is a statistical technique that analyses underlying relationships in a data set. It is mainly used in the development and validation of questionnaires. Since valid outcome measures have become important in palliative care, criteria to judge the quality of FA are …
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Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the symptom structure for autism spectrum disorders using the baby and the infant screen for children with autism traits
… For the first part of the study, an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted to replicate findings from a previous EFA study on the BISCUIT. The results of the current EFA were largely comparable to the previous findings. The results of the EFA were then used to assist in conducting more …
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The role of reflective functioning in predicting parenting and coparenting quality
… the birth of the target child. Correlational and factor analyses indicated considerable overlap between RF and traditional AAI coding. Exploratory factor analyses of RF and AAI state of mind scales indicated that RF loaded, along with coherence of mind, on the primary factor distinguishing between …
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Examination of the exercise dependence scale-revised in asymptomatic individuals and individuals displaying pathogenic eating behaviors
… was to conduct both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses on the Exercise Dependence Scale- Revised (EDS-R; Symons Downs, Hausenblas, and Nigg, 2004). These analyses provided information regarding the applicability of the seven DSM-IV Substance Dependence criteria to the assessment of …
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Preservice adapted physical education teachers' intentions toward assessment of students with disabilities in South Korea
… Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and exploratory factor analyses were performed to analyze the data using SPSS 24.0. Further, confirmatory factor analyses and structural equation model were performed to verify the theory of planned behavior model using AMOS 24.0. Based on the results, preservice …
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Development and validation of a work mattering scale (WMS)
… working adults in the United States, exploratory factor analyses were employed and produced a two-factor model with 10 items. In phase III, with another sample of 251 working adults, confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to test the initial structure specified in phase II. In phase IV, the …
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Using Contrasting Pedagogical Approaches to Detect Differential Item Functioning in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study
Confirmatory factor analyses, based on substantive classification, were conducted on the multiple choice items utilized by TIMMS researchers. The substantive classifications were made based on whether an item could be solved using mathematical reasoning abilities or whether it required the use of …
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Category Test and WAIS Scores: Sex and Age Inter-Relationships
… intelligence.</p> <p>Three types of statistical analyses were performed. The first of these were factor analyses of structural composition of WAIS and Category tests as influenced by sex. Results suggested that males and females exhibit different patterns of performance. The second analyses were …
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Beyond job satisfaction: a multidimensional investigation of the relationship between organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviors
… forms of organizational citizenship behavior. Factor analyses provided support for a three dimensional model of organizational commitment (affective, continuance, and normative commitment components). Factor analyses also provided support for OCBI (citizenship behaviors directed toward other …
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Theoretical and psychometric specificity of self-regulation for physical activity: Validating measures of self-regulation
… measures related to those theories. Overlapping factors are identified by combining the measures and conducting exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in order to understand the components of self-regulation. The results of the factor analyses revealed a seven-factor model consisting of 96 …
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Male rape myths: Measurement and relation to the gender role strain paradigm
… of a pilot study and expert reviews. Exploratory factor analyses revealed a correlated two-factor model: (1) Marginalization and Homophobia and (2) Victim Blame and Denial of Trauma. Results of the confirmatory factor analyses provided support for bifactor and correlated two-factor models of the …
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African-American and Latino students' beliefs about knowledge and learning
… determine whether the original hypothesized five-factor structure would remain the same for these two populations or whether different factor structures would emerge thereby reflecting alternative belief patterns. A concern of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the instrument …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Dimensions of Organizational Learning and Firms' Financial and Knowledge Performance in the Korean Business Context
The results of the confirmatory factor analyses suggest that the Korean translated instrument has some utility as organizational learning measurement tool in the Korean context. The findings of this study support the limited existing empirical research which has suggested that there is a positive …
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Measurement Invariance in Math Anxiety Scales Across Race and Gender
… across race and gender subsamples, confirmatory factor analyses were conducted for the theoretically aligned structures of the AMAS and MAS-R, multi-group confirmatory factor analyses were conducted across race and school level for the AMAS, and hierarchical regression analyses were conducted …
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The development and validation of an instrument measuring psychological need satisfaction of lactation
… established through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in separate samples. Both factor analyses yielded a three-factor solution aligned with the three basic psychological needs enumerated in Self-Determination Theory: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. After modification, the …
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Construct Validation of the Psychosocial Costs of Racism to Whites Scale for Ashkenazic Jews in the United States
… tests the psychometric validity of the PCRW factor structure with racially White Jews (Research Question 1) and examines differences in the factor structures of Orthodox and non-Orthodox samples (Research Question 1).</p> <p>Using confirmatory factor analyses, the results indicated that the …
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Maternal and paternal dimensions in the image of god: a comparative study
… image, by means of a seven point scale. Three factor analyses were performed, one for each image, and Tucker's coefficient of congruence was used to measure the degree of similarity between the factors resulting from these three different factor analyses. The semantic distance between the …
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A Factorial Description of Tasks of the Family
… The purpose of the study was to describe a factorial construction of the tasks of the family in exploring the content and the construct of family tasks.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>An instrument was developed which identified the extent to which family member percieved a wide variety of tasks …
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