A FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE SYMBOLIC-EVALUATION ABILITIES. STUDIES OF APTITUDES OF HIGH-LEVEL PERSONNEL

1964 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Hoepfner ◽  
J. P. Guilford ◽  
P. R. Merrifield
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Symbolic Evaluation ◽  
High Level

The Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Resiliency Scale in Chinese Undergraduates

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lixia Cui ◽  
Xiujie Teng ◽  
Xupei Li ◽  
Tian P.S. Oei
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Criterion Variable ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
High Level ◽  
Chinese Undergraduates

The current study examined the factor structure and the psychometric properties of Sandra Prince-Embury’s Resiliency Scale for Adolescents (RESA) in Chinese undergraduates. A total of 726 undergraduate students were randomly divided into two subsamples: Sample A was used for the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Sample B was used for the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The EFA revealed that 56 items and a model of 10 factors with 3 higher order factors (as described by Sandra) were to be retained; CFA with Sample B confirmed this result. The overall scale and the subscales of the Chinese-RESA demonstrated a high level of internal consistency. Furthermore, concurrent validity was demonstrated by the correlation of the scale with other instruments such as the PANAS and the CSS, and the predictive validity was confirmed via three multiple regression analyses using the PANAS as a criterion variable: one for the 10 subscales of the C-RESA, one for the 3 higher order scales, and one for the total C-RESA. We concluded that the C-RESA may be used for research into Chinese undergraduates’ adaptive behaviors.

scholarly journals University performace through Multiple Factor Analysis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delimiro Alberto Visbal Cadavid ◽  
Mónica Martínez-Gómez ◽  
Rolando Escorcia-Caballero
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Multiple Factor Analysis ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Multiple Factor ◽  
Year 2013

This work applies the Multiple Factor Analysis (MFA) as an exploratory methodology to analize the indicators of the education´s management that belong to 32 Colombian public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) along the year 2013. The product of this work indicates that the majority of HEIs have similar structures, being different and better scored the following: La Universidad Nacional (UNAL), Antioquia (UDEA), Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD), Pamplona y del Valle. Also the UDEA has a high development in extension, formation, capacity and research which is considered one of the best HEIS in the country. The university of Valle has a high degree of welfare, formation and extension, besides moderate capacities on research in comparission with the UDEA wich is superior to the rest of the HEIs. Pamplona has too a high level of formation, extension and moderate weflare, research and capacity in relation to the UNAD. It worth to mention that UNAL is the best located on extension. However, it is surpassed by other University (UDEA) because has a better development in some variables associated to research and extension. To finish, there are other HEIs with too many weaknesses on the indicators of the education´s management wich are UFPS Ocaña, Sucre and Pacifico. These universities show certain problems of research, extension and capacity, but fundamentally strong shortcomings in formation and welfare.

scholarly journals A Validity and Reliability Study of the Basic Electronics Skills Self-Efficacy Scale (BESS)

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Özgen Korkmaz ◽  
Makbule Kübra Korkmaz
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Sample Group ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
High Level

The aim of this study is to improve a measurement tool to evaluate the self-efficacy of Electrical-Electronics Engineering students through their basic electronics skills. The sample group is composed of 124 Electrical-Electronics engineering students. The validity of the scale is analyzed with two different methods through factor analysis and distinctiveness. To evaluate the how much each item that exists in the scale can measure the factor they belong to, item total factor correlations and corrected correlations are calculated on the data. According to the acquired values, each item and each factor in the scale are found to serve to the run-of the scale and the aim of scaling the desired facility, in a meaningful level. Moreover, analyzing the t value related to the differences between the groups of top 27% and bottom 27%, the item distinctiveness’s are researched and it is detected that the distinctiveness of both of the run-of the scale and each one of the items is high level; in other words, it is detected that each item is distinctive in the desired level. The internal consistency coefficients of the scale is calculated using two congruent halves correlations, Cronbach Alpha, Sperman-Brown formula and Guttmann split-half reliability formula. Consequently, it is concluded that the scale is a reliable and valid scale and this scale can be used to determine the basic electronics skills of the Electrical-Electronics Engineering students through their self-perceptions.

The public image of science in the Czech and Slovak Republics

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adolf Filáčcek ◽  
Eva Křižová-Frýdová
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Or Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Czechoslovak Society ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Prestige

This paper summarizes the results of a survey into the prestige of various occupations in contemporary Czechoslovak society, which was carried out in November 1990 on a representative sample of 1400 respondents in the Czech and Slovak Republics. The results show a high level of prestige of scientific (research) professions. All the five representatives of the research community finished among the top 20 professions (a total of 49 different professions were evaluated). Out of these, associate professor was third in the scale of prestige, with scientist fourth and head of a research centre tenth. The prestige of scientists did not depend statistically on the age, sex or education of respondents. From factor analysis it follows that the group of professions connected with science or research forms a relatively independent subgroup of professions assessed by respondents in a similar manner. Finally, the prestige of scientific and research professions in Czechoslovak society is much higher than scientists think it is.

Factor analysis of indicators of tourism development in destinations of the republic of crimea

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-0
Author(s):  
Валентина Ячменева ◽  
Valentina Yachmeneva ◽  
Наталья Фокина ◽  
Natalya Fokina
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
State Economy ◽  
The Crimea ◽  
A Priority ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Tourism Enterprises ◽  
High Level

Tourism is traditionally a priority sphere of Crimean economy development. This work is aimed to carry out a factor analysis of tourism development indicators of in coastal destinations in the Republic of Crimea and to identify the most significant parameters having a significant influence on the formation of the tourist flow. This research is relevant because the financial and economic crisis, the decline in foreign investment volumes and prolongation of sanctions force to look for new approaches to the development of the state economy and its separate territories. Estimation of development prospects of international tourism allowed to establish that tourism - one of the most dynamic activities of the global economy. The authors give results of analysis of development trends of Crimean tourism. They show that tourism, despite the negative dynamics of individual indicators of financial and economic activity of the sanatorium and tourism enterprises in 2014, has great potential and is a priority activity of the Crimean economy. The authors propose to consider a destination as the ecological and economic system that prove the possibility of engaging tourist flows in the recreational area without compromising the sustainability of the natural environment. The indicators of tourism development in Crimea destinations are analyzed. They are grouped into two blocks - resulting and factor. The results of factor analysis revealed a high level of correlation between natural resources of destinations and the viability of the tourist business in the Republic of Crimea. It is also showed a high level of coherence between the result indicator "number of organized tourists" and the indicator "number of sites of cultural heritage". Conclusions of previously conducted market research of tourist preferences are confirmed. Vacationers visit the Crimea with one dominant purpose (mainly beach vacation and treatment), and other possibilities of destinations are secondary or have no role in their preferences.

ARE HOUSING DEVELOPERS READY FOR INNOVATION? THE CASE FOR A NEW HOUSING DELIVERY SYSTEM IN MALAYSIA

2012 ◽  
Vol 09 (06) ◽  
pp. 1250042 ◽  
Author(s):  
NOR'AINI YUSOF ◽  
SUFARDY SIBLY ◽  
ZULKIFLI OSMAN
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Housing System ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Readiness Level ◽  
Readiness To Adopt ◽  
High Level ◽  
Land Bank

This paper investigates the readiness level of housing developers in Malaysia to adopt a new housing system known as the Build-Then-Sell (BTS) system. We examine whether a firm's characteristics influence its readiness to adopt. We constructed a BTS readiness index, which comprises innovativeness, optimism, discomfort, and insecurity dimensions. We carried out a face-to-face survey with 246 developers in Malaysia's major cities and received a 48.8% response. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, factor analysis and correlation analysis. We found that housing developers are partially ready to implement the BTS system, with a slightly high level of optimism and a high level of insecurity. However, there was a very weak relationship between BTS readiness (e.g. optimism and insecurity) and a firm's characteristics (e.g. type of ownership, firm size, age, and land bank). The paper ends by providing some explanations for the results.

scholarly journals Propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Comunicación Familiar en estudiantes universitarios / Psychometric Properties of the Family Communication Scale in College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Anthony John Erik Copez-Lonzoy ◽  
David Villarreal-Zegarra ◽  
Ángel Paz-Jesús
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Model Errors ◽  
Gender Invariance ◽  
The Family ◽  
And Gender ◽  
High Level ◽  
Communication Scale

<p>El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Comunicación Familiar (FCS) en una muestra de 491 estudiantes de una universidad privada en Lima Metropolitana, cuyas edades oscilan entre 16 y 28 años (<em>M </em>= 20.31, <em>DE </em>= 3.08). La muestra se dividió en dos grupos proporcionales. En el primero se realizó un análisis factorial exploratorio, χ² (45) = 966.8, <em>p </em>&lt; .001, <em>n </em>= 246, para comparar los índices de bondad de ajuste en modelos de uno, dos y tres factores y encontrar un mejor ajuste en una solución unifactorial <em>GFI </em>= .99, <em>RMCR </em>= .06. Posteriormente, en el segundo grupo, se llevó a cabo el análisis factorial confirmatorio al comparar soluciones de uno, dos y tres factores. Se evidenció un mejor ajuste en un modelo de una dimensión χ² = 80.31; χ²/<em>gl </em>= 2.36; <em>CFI </em>= 1.00; <em>GFI </em>= .995; <em>AGFI </em>= .992; <em>RMSEA </em>= .000; <em>RMR </em>= .050 (<em>n </em>= 245). Se analizaron los errores del modelo y la invarianza por sexo y, finalmente, se estableció la confiabilidad con diferentes estimadores del alfa. Se obtuvo un alto nivel de consistencia interna. Se concluye que la FCS presenta adecuadas propiedades psicométricas, que apoyan su uso como instrumento de evaluación de la comunicación familiar en universitarios.</p><p> </p><p>Abstract:</p><p>The aim of this paper is to analyze the psychometric properties of the Family Communication Scale (FCS) in a sample of 491 students at a private university in Lima, Peru, aged between 16 and 28 years (χ. = 20.31, <em>SD </em>= 3.08). The sample was divided into two proportional groups. In the first, an exploratory factor analysis was made: χ. (45) = 966.8, <em>p </em>&lt; .000, <em>n </em>= 246; extracting one dimension by the parallel analysis method, <em>GFI </em>= .99, <em>RMCR </em>= .06. Later, in the second group, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted: χ. = 80.31; χ./<em>d.f</em>. = 2.36; <em>CFI </em>= 1.00; <em>GFI </em>= .995; <em>AGFI </em>= .992; <em>RMSEA </em>= .000; <em>RMR </em>= .050 (<em>n </em>= 245), suitably adjusted to a single dimension. Model errors and gender invariance were analyzed and finally a reliability alpha was established with different estimators, obtaining a high level of internal consistency. We conclude that the FCS presents adequate psychometric properties that support its use as an assessment tool for family communication in college.</p>

scholarly journals An Empirical Analysis of Software Fault Proneness Using Factor Analysis with Regression

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepak Sharma ◽  
Pravin Chandra
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factorization Method ◽  
Fault Prediction ◽  
Maintenance Stage ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Prediction Techniques ◽  
High Level ◽  
Life Cycle Development ◽  
Prediction Capability

Abstract During the early stages of the life cycle development process for software, the developer mainly makes use of the fault prediction process for the development of different modules. These modules help in detecting faulty modules and classes. Further, this process also helps in determining the modules which require a high level of refactoring during the maintenance stage. The objective of this research is to classify faults and to explore the usability of Factor Analysis with Regression (FAWR) which drastically ameliorate the system performance. A review of recent studies performed that uses the different fault prediction techniques. To direct this research, two research questions (RQ) are defined, one related to the integration of techniques to enhance the development of fault prediction model, and another is to check the technique to overcome the limitations of old methods. To answer these RQs, FAWR techniques are used for predicting faults. To assess the quality of the technique, two experiments were conducted. Results show that FAWR is the better performing method among the two prediction methods investigated. The results proved that the prediction capability of FAWR technique is significantly better. Factorization method is able to classify a module whether it is fault-prone or not. The constructed models use to estimate the proneness of faults surpass the standard regression models. The system evaluations indicate that the reduction of terms results in the betterment of outcomes. Moreover, the consideration of FAWR is a significant technique for the prediction of faults in software.

scholarly journals Examination of psychometric properties of the Turkish form of adult playfulness trait scale-APTSYetişkin eğlence eğilimi özeliği ölçeği Türkçe formunun psikometrik özelliklerinin incelenmesi

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 592
Author(s):  
Sadiye Keleş
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Adult Playfulness ◽  
Explanatory Factor Analysis ◽  
High Level ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
Smooth Transitions

<p>Adult playfulness helps children to reduce their negative feelings and go through more smooth transitions for new experiences, and this propounds the importance of examining the playfulness of teachers. The aim of this study is to examine the psychometric properties of Adult Playfulness Trait Scale (APTS)-Turkish Form in terms of teacher candidates. The study was conducted with 440 university students. Explanatory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were used to test the validity of the scale; and alpha value was calculated to test the reliability of the scale. Factor loadings and fit indices indicated that the construct validity of scale was high. Consequently, construct validity and reliability of scale were found to be high level.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>Özet</strong></p><p>Bu çalışmanın amacı Yetişkin Eğlence Eğilimi Özeliği Ölçeği’nin (YEEÖÖ) Türkçe formunun psikometrik özelliklerinin öğretmen adayları açısından incelenmesidir. Araştırma 440 üniversite öğrencisi üzerinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Ölçeğin geçerliği için Açımlayıcı Faktör Analizi (AFA) ve Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi (DFA); güvenirliği için ise alfa değeri hesaplanmıştır. Faktör yükleri ve uyum indekslerinin, ölçeğin yapı geçerliğinin yüksek düzeyde olduğuna işaret ettiği söylenebilmektedir. Sonuç olarak ölçeğin yapı geçerliği ve güvenirliğinin yüksek düzeyde olduğu belirlenmiştir.</p>

scholarly journals PERAN KEPUASAN DALAM MEMEDIASI PENGARUH KEPERCAYAAN TERHADAP NIAT BELI ULANG PADA GO-FOOD DI FEB UNUD

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 5197
Author(s):  
Bagus Dwipayana ◽  
Eka Sulistyawati
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Repurchase Intentions ◽  
Analytical Technique ◽  
The Third ◽  
Buy Back ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

The intention to reuse goods or services is a reflection of the services that quality companies offer so that customers feel satisfied. Referring to the theory of consumer behavior, this study aims to determine the effect of trust and satisfaction with the intention to buy back. The study was conducted in 1873 students of the Faculty of Economics and Business Udayana University, a sample of 95 students was obtained. Analytical technique used is factor analysis and path analysis. The results of testing the first hypothesis shows the positive effect of trust on the intention to buy back. Results of the second hypothesis show satisfaction positive effect on trust. The results of the third hypothesis show satisfaction positive effect on the intention of buy back, and the last fourth hypothesis shows that satisfaction mediates positively the relationship between beliefs on repurchase intentions. The high level of trust and consumer satisfaction will increase the chances of re-buying intention from consumers.

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