RELIABILITY, VALIDITY AND FACTOR ANALYSIS OF RICKETTS' CRITICAL THINKING DISPOSITION SCALES IN HIGH SCHOOL

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PAKMEHR HAMIDEH; MIRDORAGHI FATEMEH; GHANAEI CHAMANABAD ALI; KARAMI MORTEZA

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Journal: Educational Measurement Year:2013 | Volume:4 | Issue:11 Page(s): 33-53

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RELIABILITY, VALIDITY AND FACTOR ANALYSIS OF RICKETTS' CRITICAL THINKING DISPOSITION SCALES IN HIGH SCHOOL

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PAKMEHR HAMIDEH | MIRDORAGHI FATEMEH | GHANAEI CHAMANABAD ALI | KARAMI MORTEZA | Issue Writer Certificate

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CRITICAL THINKINGQ2

CRITICAL THINKING DISPOSITIONQ2

CURRICULUMQ2

RELIABILITYQ2

VALIDITYQ2

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSISQ2

Abstract

Background: The importance ofCRITICAL THINKING dispositionineducational systemandcurriculaat levelsprior tohigher educationis indicative of the need fora short-form toolto measurethisconstruct.Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the RELIABILITY, VALIDITY and factor structure of Ricketts' (2003) CRITICAL THINKING Disposition Questionnaire amonghigh school students.Methods: In this descriptive-survey research, 472 high school students (270 girls and 202 boys) in Mashhad in the school year 2010-2011were selected using multistage cluster sampling, who completed CRITICAL THINKING Disposition Questionnaire. The VALIDITY of the questionnaire was assessed usingcontent VALIDITY, construct VALIDITY and factorial VALIDITY. The RELIABILITY of the questionnaire was examined byinternal consistency andsplit-half method.Findings: Cronbach's alpha coefficients were calculated for all scales and subscales for both genders and all subjects with regards to favorable psychometric properties. All correlations between subscales and total scale score were significant. The results of CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS indicated that the items were good fit. Moreover, the result of split-half method showed that RELIABILITY coefficient of the test wassatisfactory.Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the Persian version of the CRITICAL THINKING Disposition Questionnaire has a good RELIABILITY and VALIDITY in Iranian society and is an appropriate instrument for assessing CRITICAL THINKING disposition in high school students.

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PAKMEHR, HAMIDEH, MIRDORAGHI, FATEMEH, GHANAEI CHAMANABAD, ALI, & KARAMI, MORTEZA. (2013). RELIABILITY, VALIDITY AND FACTOR ANALYSIS OF RICKETTS' CRITICAL THINKING DISPOSITION SCALES IN HIGH SCHOOL. TRAINING MEASUREMENT, 4(11), 33-53. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/214515/en

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PAKMEHR HAMIDEH, MIRDORAGHI FATEMEH, GHANAEI CHAMANABAD ALI, KARAMI MORTEZA. RELIABILITY, VALIDITY AND FACTOR ANALYSIS OF RICKETTS' CRITICAL THINKING DISPOSITION SCALES IN HIGH SCHOOL. TRAINING MEASUREMENT[Internet]. 2013;4(11):33-53. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/214515/en

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HAMIDEH PAKMEHR, FATEMEH MIRDORAGHI, ALI GHANAEI CHAMANABAD, and MORTEZA KARAMI, “RELIABILITY, VALIDITY AND FACTOR ANALYSIS OF RICKETTS' CRITICAL THINKING DISPOSITION SCALES IN HIGH SCHOOL,” TRAINING MEASUREMENT, vol. 4, no. 11, pp. 33–53, 2013, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/214515/en

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