A NOTE ON THE COMPARABILITY OF ALTERNATIVE SCORING METHODS FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONING INVENTORY

Alternative methods of scoring the Institutional Functioning Inventory, a new measure of college environments, were compared. Institutional means obtained by the standard psychometric method--i.e., scoring each person's response to each item and then computing group means--were correlated with...

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Published in:Journal of educational measurement 1971-12, Vol.8 (4), p.311-315
Main Author: HARTNETT, RODNEY T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colleges
Correlations
Data validity
Educational testing
Psychometrics
School campuses
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Summary:Alternative methods of scoring the Institutional Functioning Inventory, a new measure of college environments, were compared. Institutional means obtained by the standard psychometric method--i.e., scoring each person's response to each item and then computing group means--were correlated with institutional means obtained via the "66+/33-" method used for the College & University Environment Scales. The alternative scoring methods yield essentially the same information, including scale intercorrelations and validity. Reasons for preferring the traditional psychometric scoring technique are offered.
ISSN:0022-0655
1745-3984
DOI:10.1111/j.1745-3984.1971.tb00944.x