chapter eight SURVEY AND CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH DESIGNS You have probably made or heard the popular comment “Is it just me‚ or [fill in the blank here]?” This question is really a survey that asks others to indicate their level of agreement with some viewpoint—for example‚ “Is it just me‚ or is it hot in here?” or “Is it just me‚ or was this exam difficult?” We largely ask such questions to gauge the opinions of others. Many examples likely occur every day‚ from completing a customer satisfaction
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BASICS OF ITEM RESPONSE THEORY THE FRANK B. BAKER BASICS OF ITEM RESPONSE THEORY THE FRANK B. BAKER University of Wisconsin Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation The Basics of Item Response Theory by Frank B. Baker Second edition Published by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation Copyright © 2001 ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation All rights reserved. Editors: Carol Boston‚ Lawrence Rudner Design: Laura Chapman Cover: Laura Chapman
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Project on Recruitment and Selection at BHEL Table of contents Synopsis | 3 | Research methodology | 6 | Recruitment and selection ( overview) | 7 | BHEL (Corporate Profile) | 18 | BHEL vision‚ mission‚ and values | 24 | Recruitment and Selection at BHEL | 29 | The selection process of BHEL | 49 | Observations & findings | 90 | Findings | 91 | Bibliography | 97 | Project Synopsis The Recruitment and Selection process promotes successful hiring
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Self-Concept: Validation of Construct Interpretations Author(s): Richard J. Shavelson‚ Judith J. Hubner and George C. Stanton Source: Review of Educational Research‚ Vol. 46‚ No. 3 (Summer‚ 1976)‚ pp. 407-441 Published by: American Educational Research Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1170010 Accessed: 04-04-2015 14:12 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp
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Malaysian Management Review‚June 1999 A PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF THE MALAY VERSION OF MEYER AND ALLEN’S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT MEASURE DR ALI YUSOB MD ZAIN School of Management‚ Universiti Utara Malaysia DR ROGER GILL The Leadership Trust‚ Hereford shire‚ UK ABSTRACT Meyer and Allen’s (1991) model of organizational commitment conceptualizes it in terms of three distinct dimensions: affective‚ continuance‚ and normative. The purpose of this study was to
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INTRODUCTION There is no doubt that different vocations require different skill sets‚ including nursing in the medical field. There are certain personality traits that exist within an individual’s personality that would make that person conducive to the nursing profession‚ for example ones capacity‚ ability or willingness to interact with patients in a caring‚ empathetic manner‚ or whether an applicant to nursing school would holistically be suited for the profession. These personality traits
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Moray House school of Education MEd TESOL 2008-2009 Learner Assessment in TESOL Tutor: Gillies Haughton Student: Shaaban Ahmed S0899927 Learner Assessment in TESOL Assessing Listening Introduction Assessing listening is one of the most significant areas of language testing. However‚ it is the least area that is cared for and developed in assessment. Perhaps this is due to it is a very complex process. Listening is NOT assessed in my context and this has caused dramatic drawbacks
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Standardized tests are designed to be given under specified and controlled conditions and are used to compare the abilities and skills of students from different regions. They are also used to determine the knowledge a student has acquired over a certain period of time. Additionally‚ government officials use standardized tests to determine the amount of funding that a school receives each year. Although these tests evaluate school performance and student education well‚ they contain a bias and
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Thesis statement: Standardized tests in the public school system have become biased and they are becoming costly to the school systems. Introduction: According to Dr. Hoffman‚ it is the multiple-choice format that is to blame. “Multiple choice tests penalize the deep student‚ dampen creativity‚ foster intellectual dishonesty‚ and undermine the very foundations of education” he remarked in a 1977 interview. A standardized test is a test that uses uniform procedures for administration and scoring
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Chapter 3 METHODOLOGY This chapter illustrates the design of the study‚ the research instrument ‚ the respondents of the study‚ the data gathering procedure as well as the reliability and validity of the research instrument and the appropriate statistical tool to interpret the data that was gathered during the process of the study. Research Design The study utilize the descriptive method of research. This method is a fact finding procedure concerned with the conditions and relationship that
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