Factor Structure of the Non-Cognitive Questionnaire-Revised across Samples of Black and White College Students. Research Report No. 13-88.

Autor/inn/en	Tracey, Terence J.; Sedlacek, William E.
Institution	Maryland Univ., College Park. Counseling Center.
Titel	Factor Structure of the Non-Cognitive Questionnaire-Revised across Samples of Black and White College Students. Research Report No. 13-88.
Quelle	(1988), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Black Students; College Freshmen; Comparative Analysis; Construct Validity; Factor Structure; Goodness of Fit; Higher Education; Psychological Testing; Racial Differences; Self Concept; Test Reliability; White Students; Noncognitive Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Faktorenstruktur; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Psychological test; psychological tests; Psychological examination; Psychologischer Test; Rassenunterschied; Selbstkonzept; Testreliabilität
Abstract	In an effort to improve the reliability of the Noncognitive Questionnaire (NCQ), the instrument was revised and the revision's reliability and validity were examined examined with black and white college freshmen. The NCQ measures eight non-traditional or non-cognitive variables that relate to minority student retention. The revised NCQ is composed of 67 items; 38 Likert type items were added to the NCQ to create the revised form. Initially, the fit of the revised NCQ to eight hypothesized constructs was examined using confirmatory factor analysis on a sample of 101 black students. It was found that the revised instrument adequately represented the data. Tests of the invariance of the factor structure obtained on the initial black samples compared to a second black sample of 97 students and a sample of 202 white students revealed that the factor structure held across samples. It was concluded that the revised instrument was content valid and that the scales were stable and invariant across race. Five data tables are presented. (TJH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC