Validating the Physical Educators’ Attitude Toward Teaching Individuals with Disabilities III (PEATID III) Survey for Future Professionals

2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry L. Folsom-Meek ◽  
Terry L. Rizzo
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Academic Preparation ◽  
Physical Educators ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Oblique Rotation ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Components Analysis

The purpose of this study was to assess validity and reliability of the Physical Educators’ Attitude Toward Teaching Individuals with Disabilities III (PEATID III; Rizzo, 1993) for future professionals. Participants (N = 3,464) were undergraduate students enrolled in the introductory adapted physical education course at 235 colleges and universities. Construct validity was obtained through principal components analysis with oblique rotation and supported by principal components analysis with varimax rotation. Results showed that PEATID III measures three factors: (a) outcomes of teaching students with disabilities in regular classes, (b) effects on student learning, and (c) need for more academic preparation to teach students with disabilities. Reliability, as estimated through coefficient alpha, was .88 for the total scale and .71 or greater for each of the disability subscales.

Reliability of the Ego-Grasping Scale

2012 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 378-382
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural Studies

Research using Knoblauch and Falconer's Ego-Grasping Scale is reviewed. Using a sample of 695 undergraduate students, the scale had moderate reliability (Cronbach alpha, odd-even numbered items, and test-retest), but a principal-components analysis with a varimax rotation identified five components, indicating heterogeneity in the content of the items. Lower Ego-Grasping scores appear to be associated with better psychological health. The scale has been translated and used with Korean, Kuwaiti, and Turkish students, indicating that the scale can be useful in cross-cultural studies.

Ranking e valutazione: il caso delle classifiche delle universitŕ

2009 ◽  
pp. 81-114
Author(s):  
Ferruccio Biolcati Rinaldi ◽  
Daniele Checchi ◽  
Chiara Guglielmetti ◽  
Silvia Salini ◽  
Matteo Turri
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Partial Replication ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
University Ranking ◽  
International Ranking ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

- Abstract The paper consists of two parts. The first is more general: it introduces to university ranking, shows the leading international ranking, discusses the uses people make of rankings. The second focuses on Italian ranking Censis-la Repubblica developing two different kinds of analyses: after considering indicators validity and reliability, principal components analysis and cluster analysis are applied to a partial replication of Censis-la Repubblica data. A list of points to pay attention comes out of these analyses: it can be useful when defining rankings of complex institutions such as universities.Key words: ranking, university ranking, Censis-la Repubblica, validity and reliability, normalisation and combination of indicators.

scholarly journals Preliminary Validation of a Patient Satisfaction Instrument in the Emergency Department

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Ashraf Ahmed Zaghloul ◽  
Amal Kadry Attia ◽  
Mini Sara Abraham ◽  
Hanan Al Tawil
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Oblique Rotation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Components Analysis

Statement of the purpose: The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable satisfaction tool that can be utilised in the emergency departments (EDs) of hospitals throughout Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Methods: The study followed a cross-sectional study design. The study was conducted during the period from October 2018 to January 2019. The participants were conveniently sampled. The total number of eligible questionnaires for analysis accounted for 207. The data collection tool was developed following a review of literature which yielded 25 statements. Satisfaction levels were measured using a 3-point Likert scale (satisfied=3, do not know=2, dissatisfied=1). The tool was validated through face validity performed by the research team. Content validity performed by a panel of nine randomly selected specialists. Principal components analysis was done to extract the relevant components to the statements on the tool. Results: Scale content validity index= 0.836. Principal components analysis with oblique rotation extracted three components namely; medical staff performance, duration of the encounter, and general impression about the emergency department. Internal consistency for the tool using the split-half Cronbach’s alpha, part 1=0.80, and part 2=0.82. Conclusion: The findings of the present study support the reliability and validity of the Emergency Services Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire for intended use, following an independent sample of patients at EDs in Sharjah, UAE. The scale is recommended for assessing patient satisfaction with service provision to help hospitals in Sharjah determine to what extent they are meeting the needs of their patients.

Teaching Students with Mild Disabilities: What Affects Attitudes of Future Physical Educators?

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry L. Rizzo ◽  
Don R. Kirkendall
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Academic Preparation ◽  
Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽  
Physical Educators ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Behaviorally Disordered ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Teaching ◽  
Demographic Attributes

This study assessed the association between demographic attributes (gender, age, year in school, experience with students with disabilities, perceived competence in teaching students with disabilities, and academic preparation regarding individuals with disabilities) of undergraduate physical education majors and their attitudes toward teaching students labeled educable mentally retarded (EMR), learning disabled (LD), and behaviorally disordered (BD). Future physical educators (n = 226) were asked to complete the Physical Educators’ Attitudes Toward Teaching the Handicapped questionnaire, and 174 (77%) agreed. Data were collected on the first day of classes of a 16-week semester. Results from forward stepwise multiple-regression procedures showed that perceived competence and academic preparation regarding individuals with disabilities were the best predictors of favorable attitudes in general, and for EMR and LD. Results also showed that for BD, age and year in school were the best predictors of favorable attitudes. Thus, attitudes vary as a function of disabling conditions. The results provide evidence that there is a need to promote positive attitudes toward teaching individuals with disabilities.

scholarly journals Components of Perceived Risk for Consumer Products

1992 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 494-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent P. Vaubel ◽  
Stephen L. Young
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Potential Harm ◽  
The Third ◽  
Components Analysis

The present study examined the underlying dimensions associated with perceived risk for consumer products. Eighty undergraduate students evaluated 40 products using seventeen rating questions. Principal components analysis was then performed on the ratings. Results indicated the presence of three underlying components or dimensions along which the products varied. The first component dealt with qualitative aspects of the risks associated with a product, such as the degree to which potential hazards were known (or knowable) and the immediacy of their onset. The second component concerned subjects' familiarity with the product. The third component was associated with quantitative aspects of the risks and reflected notions about the magnitude of the potential harm (in terms of the number of potential victims) that might be incurred as a result of using the product. Subsequent regression analyses revealed that each dimension was significantly related to subjects' rated intent to act cautiously with a product. Overall, these results suggest that people do not perceive consumer products unidimensionally. Rather, such perceptions are best conceptualized as reflecting multiple underlying facets.

On the Dimensionality of the Pay Satisfaction Questionnaire

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 887-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawn M. Carraher
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Single Component ◽  
Pay Satisfaction ◽  
Orthogonal Rotation ◽  
State University ◽  
Oblique Rotation ◽  
Satisfaction Questionnaire ◽  
Components Analysis

Using a sample of 104 employed business students attending evening courses at a state university, the dimensionality of a pay satisfaction questionnaire was examined. A principal components analysis with an oblique rotation was used to assess whether items hypothesized to load on a raise in pay component and a structure/administration component would actually load on those respective components. This analysis was also compared to one with an orthogonal rotation to assess the assumption of orthogonality between the hypothesized dimensions. The raise and structure/administration items all loaded on a single component along with pay level items, and, based upon hyperplane counts, the assumption of orthogonality between dimensions of satisfaction with pay is poor.

The Spanish Version of Betts' Questionnaire upon Mental Imagery

2005 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Campos ◽  
María José Pérez-Fabello
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Orthogonal Rotation ◽  
English Version ◽  
Original English Version ◽  
Components Analysis

Sheehan's shortened form of Betts' Questionnaire Upon Mental Imagery is one of the most widely used inventories for measuring imaging. Participants were 562 undergraduate students (414 women and 148 men), with a mean age of 20.2 yr. In a principal components analysis followed by varimax orthogonal rotation for the Spanish version, eight factors were identified, six of which coincide with those of the original English version. Internal consistency was .92 (Cronbach alpha). Scores on the Betts Questionnaire Upon Mental Imagery correlated −.34 with those on the Gordon Test of Visual Imagery Control, .58 with those on the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire, and .02 with the Verbalizer-Visualizer Questionnaire.

scholarly journals Psychometric analysis of the scale for the predisposition to the occurrence of adverse events in nursing care provided in ICUS

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 396-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Mendes Lobão ◽  
Igor Gomes Menezes
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Events ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Psychometric Analysis ◽  
Valid Measure ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Components Analysis

OBJECTIVE: to present the result of the validity and reliability studies concerning the Scale for the Predisposition to the Occurrence of Adverse Events (EPEA). METHOD: construct validity was based on Principal Components Analysis. RESULTS: reliability verified through Cronbach's alpha indicated good reliability (structure α=0.80; process α=0.92). CONCLUSION: based on its psychometric indicators, the EPEA can be considered a valid measure to assess the attitudes of nurses in relation to factors that potentially lead to the occurrence of adverse events in ICUs.

Assessing Computer Anxiety

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 735-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett A. Cohen ◽  
Gordon W. Waugh
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Computer Anxiety ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Clinical Psychology Students ◽  
Industrial Organizational Psychology ◽  
Analysis Computer ◽  
Components Analysis

A study was conducted to develop a scale for assessing computer anxiety. The scale was administered to 152 psychology students. The responses were then subjected to both item and principal components analysis. Computer anxiety was significantly and negatively correlated –.48 with the total amount of experience individuals had had with computers. Graduate and undergraduate students did not differ significantly in anxiety. When controlling for amount of experience with computers, clinical psychology students reported more anxiety than industrial-organizational psychology students, but men and women did not differ significantly in anxiety.

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