The Role of a Central Category among Items in a Confidence in Mathematics Scale

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This study compares the psychometric properties of a Confidence for Mathematics Scale using Likert response formats with and without a central category. The scale mea-sures a set of student beliefs about their difficulties to re-spond to the skills required in the field of Mathematics. The participa...

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Autores principales: Abal, Facundo Juan Pablo, Auné, Sofía Esmeralda, Lozzia, Gabriela Susana, Attorresi, Horacio Félix
Formato: Artículo revista
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Publicado: Facultad de Psicología. Laboratorio de Evaluación Psicológica y Educativa (LEPE) 2017
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escala Likert
categoría central
confianza para la matemática
estudiantes universitarios
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/18717
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spelling I10-R10-article-187172021-06-09T16:18:40Z The Role of a Central Category among Items in a Confidence in Mathematics Scale Funcionamiento de la Categoría Central en Ítems de Confianza para la Matemática Abal, Facundo Juan Pablo Auné, Sofía Esmeralda Lozzia, Gabriela Susana Attorresi, Horacio Félix escala Likert categoría central confianza para la matemática estudiantes universitarios This study compares the psychometric properties of a Confidence for Mathematics Scale using Likert response formats with and without a central category. The scale mea-sures a set of student beliefs about their difficulties to re-spond to the skills required in the field of Mathematics. The participants were 939 Psychology students (81% female), who responded to the items using two response formats: a) a 5-point scale with the central category Neither agree nor disagree and b) a 6-point scale with 2 central catego-ries: Slightly Disagree and Slightly Agree. Variations on the Likert scale did not substantially affect the evidence of validity based on internal structure (confirmatory factor analysis and Partial Credit Model fit) or in relations with other variables. The relative efficiency function revealed that similar information is obtained for all levels of the trait. Se comparan las propiedades psicométricas observadas en un test de Confianza para la Matemática al utilizar formatos de respuesta Likert con y sin categoría central. El instrumento mide un conjunto de creencias del estudiante sobre sus dificultades para responder a las habilidades que demanda la matemática. En el estudio participaron 939 estudiantes de psicología (81% mujeres), los cuales completaron el instrumento con 2 formatos Likert de: a) 5 opciones con categoría intermedia Ni de acuerdo ni en desacuerdo y b) 6 opciones con dos categorías centrales (Más bien en desacuerdo y Más bien de acuerdo). La variación de la escala Likert no afectó sustancialmente las evidencias de validez basadas en la estructura interna (análisis factorial confirmatorio y ajuste al Modelo de Crédito Parcial) ni la relación con otras variables. La función de eficiencia relativa reveló que se obtiene similar información para todos los niveles del rasgo. Facultad de Psicología. Laboratorio de Evaluación Psicológica y Educativa (LEPE) 2017-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/18717 Revista Evaluar; Vol. 17 Núm. 2 (2017) 1667-4545 1515-1867 10.35670/1667-4545.v17.n2 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/18717/18529 Derechos de autor 2017 Facundo Juan Pablo Abal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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topic escala Likert
categoría central
confianza para la matemática
estudiantes universitarios
spellingShingle escala Likert
categoría central
confianza para la matemática
estudiantes universitarios
Abal, Facundo Juan Pablo
Auné, Sofía Esmeralda
Lozzia, Gabriela Susana
Attorresi, Horacio Félix
The Role of a Central Category among Items in a Confidence in Mathematics Scale
topic_facet escala Likert
categoría central
confianza para la matemática
estudiantes universitarios
author Abal, Facundo Juan Pablo
Auné, Sofía Esmeralda
Lozzia, Gabriela Susana
Attorresi, Horacio Félix
author_facet Abal, Facundo Juan Pablo
Auné, Sofía Esmeralda
Lozzia, Gabriela Susana
Attorresi, Horacio Félix
author_sort Abal, Facundo Juan Pablo
title The Role of a Central Category among Items in a Confidence in Mathematics Scale
title_short The Role of a Central Category among Items in a Confidence in Mathematics Scale
title_full The Role of a Central Category among Items in a Confidence in Mathematics Scale
title_fullStr The Role of a Central Category among Items in a Confidence in Mathematics Scale
title_full_unstemmed The Role of a Central Category among Items in a Confidence in Mathematics Scale
title_sort role of a central category among items in a confidence in mathematics scale
description This study compares the psychometric properties of a Confidence for Mathematics Scale using Likert response formats with and without a central category. The scale mea-sures a set of student beliefs about their difficulties to re-spond to the skills required in the field of Mathematics. The participants were 939 Psychology students (81% female), who responded to the items using two response formats: a) a 5-point scale with the central category Neither agree nor disagree and b) a 6-point scale with 2 central catego-ries: Slightly Disagree and Slightly Agree. Variations on the Likert scale did not substantially affect the evidence of validity based on internal structure (confirmatory factor analysis and Partial Credit Model fit) or in relations with other variables. The relative efficiency function revealed that similar information is obtained for all levels of the trait.
publisher Facultad de Psicología. Laboratorio de Evaluación Psicológica y Educativa (LEPE)
publishDate 2017
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/18717
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