Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development articles from July 2003

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development archives from July 2003

A comparison of two item-selection methodologies for measuring change in university counseling center clients.
July 1, 2003... This study compares the ability of 2 item-selection methodologies, principal components analysis and intervention item selection rules, to capture client changes on a 56-item self-report checklist. Scales formed with the intervention-sensitive...

Development and psychometric properties of scores from the short index of self-directedness.
July 1, 2003... This research reports the development and psychometric properties of scores from the 10-item Short Index of Self-Directedness (SISD), drawn from the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI; C. R. Cloninger, 1987/1992a) and the TCI-125 (C. R....

The career-related parent support scale.(Author Abstract)
July 1, 2003... The authors describe the construction of the Career-Related Parent Support Scale and examine the validity of the scale scores within a sample of at-risk middle school adolescents. Four empirically distinct parent support factors were confirmed...

The theoretical orientation profile scale-revised: a validation study.
July 1, 2003... This study supported evidence of reliability and validity of the Theoretical Orientation Profile Scale-Revised (TOPS-R) scores. The TOPS-R was designed to measure theoretical orientation among counselors and trainees. Factor analysis yielded a...

Log-linear techniques for the analysis of categorical data: a demonstration with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.(Methods, Plainly Speaking)
July 1, 2003... Log-linear analysis (LLA) techniques for categorical variables are demonstrated and evaluated using data from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Symmetrical LLA and asymmetrical LLA address questions of association and inference, respectively....