Validation of the Informal Decoding Inventory

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. McKenna ◽  
Sharon Walpole ◽  
Bong Gee Jang
Keyword(s):  
First Graders ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Tier 2 ◽  
High Poverty ◽  
High Poverty Schools ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Recognition Efficiency ◽  
Tier 2 Intervention

This study investigated the reliability and validity of Part 1 of the Informal Decoding Inventory (IDI), a free diagnostic assessment used to plan Tier 2 intervention for first graders with decoding deficits. Part 1 addresses single-syllable words and consists of five subtests that progress in difficulty and that contain real word and pseudoword components. The IDI was administered to a sample of 94 first graders who attended three high-poverty schools in a rural district located in a South Atlantic state. The Test of Word Recognition Efficiency–Second Edition (TOWRE-2) was given in the same session. Internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) exceeded .70 for the total scores and all but one subtest. Total scores for real words and pseudowords correlated highly with TOWRE-2 subtests. Confirmatory factor analysis substantiated the five-factor structure of the IDI, and mean comparisons affirmed the order of the subtests in all cases but one. Overall, this preliminary study affirmed the reliability and validity of the IDI. Limitations and directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Introducing the Questionnaire of Commitment to Exercise

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Derakhshanpoor ◽  
Mohammad Vaez Mousavi ◽  
Hmaid Reza Taheri
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Steel Company ◽  
Principle Component ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Primary 35 ◽  
Measuring Tool

The present study aimed to make and establish psychometric features of an exercise commitment questionnaire. The primary 35 questions were administered to 210 staffs working in Isfahan Steel Company, 120 males and 90 females. Subjects had 10 years of work experience in the company and were randomly selected using stratified sampling method. Principle component analysis and Varimax rotation were used to measure its construct validity. Finally, 25 questions were extracted with more than 0.5 loading factor indicating the validity of the instrument. Accordingly, a four-factor construct was made, being capable of explaining 58.4 percent of total variance by the use of principle component method. Results of the confirmatory factor analysis yielded features indicating positive fitness of the confirmatory analytic model of the commitment to exercise questionnaire. Also by using internal consistency reliability was calculated with Cronbach’s alpha and the coefficient was 0.873 showing strong reliability. Overall, based on the satisfactory reliability and validity, this study shows that commitment to exercise questionnaire serves as a suitable measuring tool for the future research.

Quality 4.0 – a measurement model using the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) approach

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
G.S. Sureshchandar
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Formidable Challenge ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

PurposeThe disruptions caused by new-age technologies of Industry 4.0 are posing a formidable challenge to researchers, academicians and practitioners alike. Quality 4.0 that depicts the role of the quality function in the Industry 4.0 scenario must be comprehended so that the rudiments of Quality 4.0 are understood properly, and interventions can be made to embrace the new normal. As the literature on Quality 4.0 is extremely scarce, empirical studies are mandatory to augment the process of theory building.Design/methodology/approachThe research work identifies 12 axes of the Quality 4.0 revolution based on literature review and insights from experts. Subsequently, a measurement model is formulated and an instrument to measure the level of Quality 4.0 implementation is developed. The measurement model has been checked for model fit, reliability and validity using the confirmatory factor analysis approach.FindingsThe proposed model was found to be adequate, reliable and valid and concludes that though technology plays a significant role in the development of the Quality 4.0 system, aspects of traditional quality are very much apropos to transform to the next frontier of quality.Research limitations/implicationsImplications for future research are provided which would help to further explore the nascent field of Quality 4.0.Practical implicationsThis research would help the practitioners better understand the various requirements and measure the degree of implementation of a Quality 4.0 system.Originality/valueThe present research is perhaps the first of its kind in propounding a measurement model, through empirical analysis, for the betterment of the understanding of Quality 4.0 and its associated constituents.

Factorial composition of the Personal Self-Concept Questionnaire (APE) in Mexican university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Jesús Enrique Peinado Pérez ◽  
Juan Cristobal Barrón Luján ◽  
José René Blanco Ornelas ◽  
Zuliana Paola Benitez Hernández ◽  
Humberto Blanco Vega
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The One ◽  
Factorial Composition

The present study aims to investigate whether the psychometric results proposed by Goñi, Madariaga, Axpe & Goñi (2011) for the Personal Self-concept Questionnaire (APE, from its Spanish initials) are replicated. The total sample was 1485 Mexican university students, with an average age of 20.55 years (SD = 1.86). The factorial structure of the questionnaire was analyzed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The analyses show that a three-factor structure is feasible and appropriate. The structure of three factors (self-realization, autonomy, and emotional adjustment), based on statistical and substantive criteria, has shown adequate adjustment indicators of reliability and validity. However, the obtained model does not match the one proposed by Goñi et al. (2011). Future research should replicate these findings in larger samples.

scholarly journals Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Decision Regret Scale in Recipients of Internal Cardioverter Defibrillators

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald L. Hickman ◽  
Melissa D. Pinto ◽  
Eunsuk Lee ◽  
Barbara J. Daly
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Decision Regret ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
To Receive

The Decision Regret Scale (DRS) is a five-item instrument that captures an individual’s regret associated with a healthcare decision. Cross-sectional data were collected from 109 cardiac patients who decided to receive an internal cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, assessments of the internal reliability consistency (α = .86), and discriminant validity established the DRS as a reliable and valid measure of decision regret in ICD recipients. The DRS, a psychometrically sound instrument, has relevance for clinicians and researchers vested in optimizing the decisional outcomes of ICD recipients. Future research is needed to examine the reliability and validity of the DRS in a larger and more diverse sample of ICD recipients.

scholarly journals 0791 Teacher Perception of Child Fatigue and Behavioral Health Outcomes Among Black First Graders in High-Poverty Schools

SLEEP ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. A318-A318
Author(s):  
A Chung ◽  
A Seixas ◽  
O M Bubu ◽  
N Williams ◽  
D Kamboukos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Teacher Perception ◽  
First Graders ◽  
High Poverty ◽  
High Poverty Schools

Concentrated Poverty in U.S. Schools and Adolescents’ Risk of Being Overweight

2020 ◽  
pp. 232949652097854
Author(s):  
Jennifer March Augustine ◽  
Lilla Pivnick ◽  
Julie Skalamera Olson ◽  
Robert Crosnoe
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
High Poverty ◽  
High Poverty Schools ◽  
Economic Segregation ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
School Poverty ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Course Outcomes

The economic segregation of U.S. schools undermines the academic performance of students, particularly students from low-income families who are often concentrated in high-poverty schools. Yet it also fuels the reproduction of inequality by harming their physical health. Integrating research on school effects with social psychological and ecological theories on how local contexts shape life course outcomes, we examined a conceptual model linking school poverty and adolescent students’ weight. Applying multilevel modeling techniques to the first wave of data (1994–1995) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health; n = 18,924), the results revealed that individual students’ likelihood of being overweight increased as the concentration of students from low-income families in their schools increased, net of their own background characteristics. This linkage was connected to a key contextual factor: the exposure of students in high-poverty schools to other overweight students. This exposure may partly matter because of the lower prevalence of dieting norms in such schools, although future research should continue to examine potential mechanisms.

scholarly journals Factorial Composition of a General Self-Efficacy Scale in Mexican University Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (28) ◽  
pp. 430
Author(s):  
Grabriel Gastelum Cuadras ◽  
Perla Jannet Jurado Garcia ◽  
Susana Ivonne Aguirre Vasquez ◽  
María de los Angeles Bibiano Mejia
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
La Paz ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The City ◽  
General Self Efficacy ◽  
Factorial Composition

The present study aims to investigate whether the psychometric results proposed by (Sanjuan, Perez, & Bermúdez, 2000) for general selfefficacy scale replicate. The total sample was of 282 subjects; 142 women and 140 men, college students from the city of La Paz Baja California Sur Mexico, with an mean age of 20.3 years (SD = 1.6) for women and 20.9 years (SD = 1.6) for men. The factorial structure of the questionnaire was analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis. The analysis shows a feasible and appropriate factor structure. The structure of a one factor, based on statistical and substantive criteria, has shown adequate fit indicators of reliability and validity. In addition, the factor obtained a Cronbach´s alpha coefficient of .914. Future research should replicate these findings in larger samples.

scholarly journals Factor Structure of the AUDIM-M Dimensional Self-Concept Questionnaire in Mexican Adolescents

Children ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
José René Blanco ◽  
Martha Ornelas ◽  
Juan Cristóbal Barrón-Luján ◽  
Leticia Irene Franco-Gallegos ◽  
Susana Ivonne Aguirre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Relevant Variables ◽  
The City

Self-concept is one of the most relevant variables in the field of personality, and a negative self-perception can pose a risk to the adolescent’s development. The present study aimed to analyze the psychometric properties proposed by Aguirre and collaborators for the dimensional self-concept questionnaire (AUDIM-M). The total sample was 560 adolescents from the city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, with a mean age of 12.96 ± 0.88 years. The factor structure of the questionnaire was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis. The analyses show that a four-factor structure is viable and adequate (GFI 0.964; RMSEA 0.057; CFI 0.950). The four-factor structure (personal self-concept, physical self-concept, social self-concept, and academic self-concept), according to statistical and substantive criteria, shows adequate indicators of reliability and validity adjustment. The model obtained coincides with that proposed by Aguirre et al. Improving adolescents’ self-concept undoubtedly contributes to their quality of life, hence the need for valid and reliable instruments for its measurement; this study could be a first approach for future research.

scholarly journals Validation of a Measure of Loneliness for Homebound Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 624-624
Author(s):  
Keith Chan ◽  
Christina Marsack-Topolewski ◽  
Sarah LaFave ◽  
Maggie Ratnayake ◽  
Jillian Graves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Homebound Older Adults

Abstract The pandemic has disproportionately impacted older adults, highlighting the need to address social isolation for this population. Homebound older adults are at risk for loneliness, which is a correlate of poor mental and physical health. COVID-19 has exacerbated effects of social isolation by limiting contact with family and other visitors. In-depth empirical validation of loneliness scales is needed to examine the measurement of this construct for homebound older adults who are aging in place. This study examined the reliability and validity of the UCLA Loneliness Scale (v3) for a community-dwelling population of older adults who received home-based support services due to their homebound status or have chronic illness resulting in ADL limitations. Using in-home interviews, data were collected for 175 older adults using the UCLA Loneliness Scale. Reliability and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine its psychometric properties. Findings demonstrated the scale had good internal consistency reliability (ɑ = 0.91). Confirmatory factor analyses indicated a two-factor solution, 1) disconnectedness and 2) connectedness, accounting for 92% of the variability in the 20 items. The lack of meaningful relationships (ƛ = 0.73, p < 0.05) or having someone to turn to (ƛ = 0.68, p < 0.05) substantively contributed to disconnectedness. Feeling that there were people to talk to (ƛ = 0.67, p < 0.05) and turn to (ƛ = 0.76, p < 0.05) contributed to connectedness. Future research can further examine how quality of relationships and benefits of being connected to others can address loneliness and isolation for this population.

An Empirical Examination of a Three-Component Model of Professional Commitment among Public Accountants

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Smith ◽  
Matthew Hall
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Component Model ◽  
Professional Commitment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Specific Dimension ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Public Accountants

Professional commitment (PC) refers to the attachments that individuals form to their profession. While prior accounting literature has examined only one dimension of PC, research outside accounting has established that there are three distinct dimensions to PC (Hall et al. 2005). In this paper we test the validity of Meyer et al.'s (1993) three-component model of PC among a sample of public accountants. Given that the majority of studies of accountants' PC have used the Professional Commitment Questionnaire (PCQ), we also assess whether the PCQ is a measure of a specific dimension of PC, affective PC. The results of our confirmatory factor analyses and tests of reliability and validity provide support for three separate dimensions of public accountants' PC. Our tests also indicate that the PCQ scale is a measure of affective PC. The implications of our results on interpreting prior research and for considering future research on accountants' PC are presented.

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