On the Internal Consistency of the Beta II

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 755-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel R. Panitz ◽  
Alan Feingold
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
State Agency ◽  
Previous Edition ◽  
Performance Scale ◽  
Low Ability

The internal consistency of the Beta II, a recent revision of the Revised Beta Examination, was examined for a sample of alcoholic inpatients (81 men, 19 women) of low ability and socioeconomic status. They were aged 19 to 65 yr. ( M = 36.6, SD = 9.2) and had been admitted for treatment at a state agency for rehabilitation for alcoholism. Pearson inter-correlations were reported as well as the correlations between subtests and the sums of scaled scores. The median subtest intercorrelation was .51 and the median subtest-sum of scaled scores correlation was .76. Although these coefficients were smaller than those reported for the previous edition of the Beta, they compared favorably with results obtained for the recent revision of the Performance scale of the WAIS.

A Meta-Analytic Review of the Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Academic Performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 002205742110319
Author(s):  
Abdullah Selvitopu ◽  
Metin Kaya
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Moderating Factors ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
Moderate Positive Correlation ◽  
Performance Scale

The two main purposes of the current meta-analysis were (a) to determine the relation between socioeconomic status (SES) of students and academic performance (AP) (b) and evaluate the effect of several potential moderating factors in this relation. Data covered the publications between 2010 and 2019, and the dataset consisted of 48 independent studies that included 62 different samples, and the total sample was 386.601. Findings revealed that the relation between SES and academic performance represented a moderate positive correlation. All moderators, type of SES measure, academic performance scale, location, grade level, subjects of academic performance, and year, produced significant effects, respectively. These findings were discussed for every category of moderators with the related literature.

Effects of Ability, Race, and Socioeconomic Status on Perceived Importance of Capacities, Interests, and Values in Occupational Choice

1980 ◽  
Vol 51 (3_suppl2) ◽  
pp. 1253-1254
Author(s):  
Donald H. Dalton ◽  
Joseph C. Bledsoe
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Occupational Choice ◽  
High Status ◽  
High Ability ◽  
Perceived Values ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Middle Status ◽  
Low Ability

Responses of 480 students (ages 11 to 18 yr.) to the Dalton Vocational Importance Questionnaire developed to test Ginzberg's theory of occupational choice were analyzed to determine effects of ability, race, and socioeconomic status on perceived importance of capacities, interests, and values. Low-ability subjects perceived values as more important than did middle-ability and high-ability subjects. Blacks perceived capacities and values as more important than did whites. High-status and low-status subjects perceived capacities as more important than did middle-status subjects.

Psychometric Characteristics of the WISC-R Performance Scale with Deaf Children

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred Hirshoren ◽  
Oliver L. Hurley ◽  
Kenneth Kavale
Keyword(s):  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Standardization Sample ◽  
Performance Scale

The WISC-R Performance Scale was administered to 59 prelingually deaf children; The internal consistency reliability of four of the subtests and the Performance IQ were assessed and found to be similar to the reliability reported by Wechsler (1974) with the standardization sample. Two aspects of criterion-related validity were computed. Concurrent validity as demonstrated by the correlation with the Hiskey-Nebraska Test of Learning Aptitude was found to be adequate. Predictive validity as defined by the correlation with achievement test results was also computed. Statistically significant correlations were found for six of the eight achievement areas. Implications for use are discussed.

Comparability of WISC and Peabody IQs of Young Children from Three Heterogeneous Groups

1977 ◽  
Vol 40 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1345-1346
Author(s):  
Gary L. Hatch ◽  
Theron M. Covin
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Child Study ◽  
Heterogeneous Groups ◽  
Verbal Scale ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Study Center ◽  
Performance Scale

Peabody and WISC IQs of three groups of children from differing socioeconomic status levels and/or intellectual levels were compared. For the total sample of 67, correlations of .88, .88, .91 were obtained between the Peabody and WISC Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQs, respectively. The Peabody IQs correlated .74 with the WISC Full Scale for the middle-range of intelligence (kindergarten). Those of higher socioeconomic status in a child study center showed the highest correlation .57 between Peabody and WISC Performance Scale IQs. For more deprived children from Headstart IQs on the Peabody and WISC Verbal Scale correlated .63.

Evaluation and a Proposed Revision of the CAMM Among Underrepresented Elementary School Children

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-239
Author(s):  
Peter G. Mezo ◽  
Hannah C. Herc ◽  
Kelsey J. Pritchard ◽  
Wesley A. Bullock
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Underrepresented Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Item Level ◽  
School Sample

The Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) is a frequently used measure of mindfulness in school settings. This study evaluates the psychometric properties and internal consistency of the CAMM in a predominantly African American, low socioeconomic status (SES) school sample drawn from students in kindergarten through fourth grade. In addition, a revised version of the CAMM (the CAMM-R) was developed and evaluated in the same sample. Results are generally supportive of the internal consistency and item-level characteristics of both the CAMM and the CAMM-R. These results are discussed in terms of implications for understanding the reliability and validity of the CAMM and CAMM-R among underrepresented students, as well as students within a younger sample.

Overestimation of Internal Consistency by K-R 20 in Tests Containing Interpretive Exercises

1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-221
Author(s):  
Gerald S. Hanna ◽  
Henry H. Scherich ◽  
Edward C. Drahozal
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency

The Stigma of Suicide Scale

Crisis ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Batterham ◽  
Alison L. Calear ◽  
Helen Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
National University ◽  
Stigmatizing Attitudes ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
At Home

Background: There are presently no validated scales to adequately measure the stigma of suicide in the community. The Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS) is a new scale containing 58 descriptors of a “typical” person who completes suicide. Aims: To validate the SOSS as a tool for assessing stigma toward suicide, to examine the scale’s factor structure, and to assess correlates of stigmatizing attitudes. Method: In March 2010, 676 staff and students at the Australian National University completed the scale in an online survey. The construct validity of the SOSS was assessed by comparing its factors with factors extracted from the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ). Results: Three factors were identified: stigma, isolation/depression, and glorification/normalization. Each factor had high internal consistency and strong concurrent validity with the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire. More than 25% of respondents agreed that people who suicided were “weak,” “reckless,” or “selfish.” Respondents who were female, who had a psychology degree, or who spoke only English at home were less stigmatizing. A 16-item version of the scale also demonstrated robust psychometric properties. Conclusions: The SOSS is the first attitudes scale designed to directly measure the stigma of suicide in the community. Results suggest that psychoeducation may successfully reduce stigma.

Assessing General Ecological Behavior

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian G. Kaiser ◽  
Anders Biel
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Situational Influences ◽  
Behavior Difficulties ◽  
Differential Behavior ◽  
Ecological Behavior ◽  
Political Actions ◽  
Measurement Approach

Summary: The General Ecological Behavior (GEB) scale was developed for cross-cultural applications ( Kaiser & Wilson, in press ). The present study compares ecological behavior in Sweden and Switzerland. Questionnaire data from 247 Swedish and 445 Swiss participants are presented. Reliability and internal consistency analyses revealed that the GEB scale was applicable to both the Swedish and Swiss samples. In general, Swiss behave more ecologically than Swedes. Nevertheless, several ecological behaviors turned out to be easier to conduct in Sweden than in Switzerland and vice versa. The GEB scale takes differential behavior difficulties into account that are most likely caused by situational influences. At the same time, the proposed behavior measurement approach guides the search for potentially useful political actions that make it easier for people to behave ecologically in some societies and, thus, can be adopted by others.

The Moving-IAT

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 445-452
Author(s):  
Monika Fleischhauer
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Block Structure ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Indirect Measures ◽  
Attitude Research ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Implicit Personality ◽  
Single Block ◽  
Psychometric Quality

Abstract. Accumulated evidence suggests that indirect measures such as the Implicit Association Test (IAT) provide an increment in personality assessment explaining behavioral variance over and above self-reports. Likewise, it has been shown that there are several unwanted sources of variance in personality IATs potentially reducing their psychometric quality. For example, there is evidence that individuals use imagery-based facilitation strategies while performing the IAT. That is, individuals actively create mental representations of their person that fit to the category combination in the respective block, but do not necessarily fit to their implicit personality self-concept. A single-block IAT variant proposed by attitude research, where compatible and incompatible trials are presented in one and the same block, may prevent individuals from using such facilitation strategies. Consequently, for the trait need for cognition (NFC), a new single-block IAT version was developed (called Moving-IAT) and tested against the standard IAT for differences in internal consistency and predictive validity in a sample of 126 participants. Although the Moving-IAT showed lower internal consistency, its predictive value for NFC-typical behavior was higher than that of the standard IAT. Given individual’s strategy reports, the single-block structure of the Moving-IAT indeed reduces the likelihood of imagery-based strategies.

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