Determining the factor structure of the Materials Concept Inventory

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Corkins, James ^a   Kelly, Jacquelyn ^b   Baker, Dale ^a   Kurpius, Sharon Robinson ^a   Tasooji, Amaneh ^a   Krause, Stephen ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; EFFECT OF SUBSTITUTION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MATERIALS CONCEPT INVENTORY; MATERIALS ENGINEERING; MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; MULTIPLE REPRESENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 85029088835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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