To investigate the effect of using negatively oriented items, we wrote semantic reversals of
the items in the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and the General …

Because no measure for sexual orientation-related rejection sensitivity (RS) for adolescents
exists, we aimed to develop and validate the Sexual Minority Adolescent Rejection …

Multidimensionality and hierarchical data structure are common in assessment data. These
design features, if not accounted for, can threaten the validity of the results and inferences …

ABSTRACT The Student Background survey administered along with achievement tests in
studies of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement …

Special measurement effects including the method and testlet effects are common issues in
educational and psychological measurement. They are typically covered by various bifactor …

Overclaiming technique is a promising tool that can account for self-assessment imprecision,
improve cross-country comparability and screen for fakers in high-stakes contexts. Despite …

The present research aimed to test an Amharic version of the multi-dimensional Work Task
Motivation Scale for Teachers (WTMST), which measures the five pillars of university …

In the current study, the factor structure of an attitude scale was analyzed by using the two
different item response theory models that allow modeling non-monotonic item response …

abstrakt w j. angielskim: The presented work is devoted to study the validity of overclaiming
technique (OCT) as a measure of response (positivity) bias. Three main aims of the analyses …

The aim of this study is to examine whether or not the positive and negative items in the
Mathematical Self-Confidence Scale employed in TIMSS 2015 lead to wording effect. While …