Measuring Attitudes and Behaviors to Studying and Learning for University Students: A Rasch Measurement Model Analysis

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 164-180

  Waugh, Russell F ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; LECTURERS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL TESTING; RELIABILITY THEORY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL TESTS; STUDENTS;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0038820042     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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