Validity of a Measure of Critical Thinking Skills

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3_part_2) ◽  
pp. 1223-1230
Author(s):  
Bruce Thompson ◽  
Janet G. Melancon
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Myers Briggs

Based on data from 343 subjects, results suggest that Thompson's Test of Critical Thinking Skills has reasonable item difficulty and discrimination coefficients and appears to be valid. Construct validity was investigated by administering the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Group Embedded Figures Test. Although conclusions must be considered tentative pending additional study, the results warrant continued inquiry regarding the measure's value.

Correlations among the Group Embedded Figures Test, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Demographic Characteristics: A Business School Study

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 507-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence S. Corman ◽  
Richard G. Platt
Keyword(s):  
Business School ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
School Study ◽  
Normative Population ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Myers Briggs ◽  
Group Embedded Figures Test

Prior studies have yielded estimates for relations between the Group Embedded Figures Test, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and demographic characteristics. This study presents findings for 107 men and 119 women enrolled in business school. Correlations between the Embedded Figures and Sensing-Intuition scale of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator were significant as were values of Judgment-Perception with both Sensing-Intuition and Thinking-Feeling. Scores on the two tests show these students perform differently from the normative population.

Reexamination of Relations between the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Field Dependence-Independence

1988 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 691-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles P. Schmidt ◽  
John W. McCutcheon
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Myers Briggs ◽  
Group Embedded Figures Test

The Group Embedded Figures Test and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator were administered to 210 undergraduate and graduate students. Bivariate relations between the embedded figures test and the Indicator scales of Extraversion-Introversion (EI), Thinking-Feeling (TF), and Judgment-Perception (JP) were nonsignificant while the relation between scores on embedded figures and Sensing-Intuition (SN) was statistically significant. ESFP, ISFJ, and ESFJ types were significantly more field-dependent than the INFP and ENTP types.

Relation of Scores on Group Embedded Figures Test and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

1983 ◽  
Vol 57 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1209-1210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward J. Lusk ◽  
Haviland Wright
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Test Measure ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Myers Briggs ◽  
Group Embedded Figures Test

The four dimensions of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and die Group Embedded Figures Test measure independent constructs for 103 university students.

Jungian Personality Types as a Predictor of Attendance at the Black College Day March

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 887-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Geer ◽  
Stanley E. Ridley ◽  
Albert Roberts
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
Black College ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Myers Briggs ◽  
Actual Attendance

This study examined whether Jungian personality types, as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, would be related to college students' reported behavior regarding attendance at a sociopolitical event, the Black College Day March. There were two attendance variables: (1) whether subjects planned to attend or not and (2) consistency or inconsistency between subjects' attendance plans and actual attendance, e.g., planned to attend and did vs planned not to attend but did. The personality types compared were extra-verts vs introverts, judgers vs perceivers, sensing judgers vs intuitive perceivers, and intuiting judgers vs sensing perceivers. The results supported each of the hypothesized differences among the personality types with respect to the attendance variables. These data provide further evidence of the construct validity of the Jungian personality types.

Some Correlates of a Jungian Personality Inventory

1964 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 623-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence J. Stricker ◽  
John Ross
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
School Programs ◽  
Myers Briggs ◽  
High School Programs ◽  
Personality Typology

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a self-report inventory which is intended to measure four variables stemming from the Jungian personality typology: extraversion-introversion, sensation-intuition, thinking-feeling, and judging-perceiving. The construct validity of each of its scales was assessed in a series of studies which investigated the scales' correlations with ability, interest, and personality scales and differences on the scales between the sexes and between students in different high school programs. The findings suggest that the Sensation-Intuition and Thinking-Feeling scales may reflect restricted aspects of the dimensions that they are intended to represent, and the Extraversion-introversion and Judging-Perceiving scales may reflect something quite different from their postulated dimensions.

scholarly journals Validation of a clinical critical thinking skills test in nursing

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujin Shin ◽  
Dukyoo Jung ◽  
Sungeun Kim
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Test Reliability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Response Process ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Nursing College

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a revised version of the clinical critical thinking skills test (CCTS) and to subsequently validate its performance. Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of the CCTS. Data were obtained from a convenience sample of 284 college students in June 2011. Thirty items were analyzed using item response theory and test reliability was assessed. Test-retest reliability was measured using the results of 20 nursing college and graduate school students in July 2013. The content validity of the revised items was analyzed by calculating the degree of agreement between instrument developer intention in item development and the judgments of six experts. To analyze response process validity, qualitative data related to the response processes of nine nursing college students obtained through cognitive interviews were analyzed. Results: Out of initial 30 items, 11 items were excluded after the analysis of difficulty and discrimination parameter. When the 19 items of the revised version of the CCTS were analyzed, levels of item difficulty were found to be relatively low and levels of discrimination were found to be appropriate or high. The degree of agreement between item developer intention and expert judgments equaled or exceeded 50%. Conclusion: From above results, evidence of the response process validity was demonstrated, indicating that subjects respondeds as intended by the test developer. The revised 19-item CCTS was found to have sufficient reliability and validity and will therefore represents a more convenient measurement of critical thinking ability.

Exploring the Construct Validity of the Chinese Version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator-G

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 591-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ru Shi ◽  
Yebing Yang
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Personality Tests ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Myers Briggs ◽  
Factor Design

The construct validity of the Chinese version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (Myers & Briggs, 1962) was examined by conducting two analyses – factor analysis and correlation analysis on four different personality tests in their revised Chinese versions and comparing the corresponding results. A sample of 998 undergraduates in China was used: 798 males and 200 females ranging in age from 19 to 23. Four Chinese-version personality questionnaires, Myers-Briggs Type Indication Form G, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2, 16 Personality Factors and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, were used. The results showed that either a 4- or a 5-factor design appears to be the best choice for the Chinese version of the MBTI, the SN scale can be further divided into two parts, with one dealing with the problem “where to gather or perceive information”, and the other involving attitudes towards, and methods for selecting, information. The JP scale was largely unitary in nature compared with the 3 other scales of the MBTI.

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