An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of Three Different Forms of Daly and Miller's Writing Apprehension Test through Rasch Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Güler, Nese; Ilhan, Mustafa; Güneyli, Ahmet; Demir, Süleyman
Titel	An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of Three Different Forms of Daly and Miller's Writing Apprehension Test through Rasch Analysis
Quelle	In: Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 17 (2017) 3, S.721-744 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-0485
Schlagwörter	Writing Apprehension; Psychometrics; Item Response Theory; Tests; Correlation; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Difficulty Level; Writing Skills; Test Theory; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Middle School Students; Evaluation; Cyprus; Turkey; Writing Apprehension Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychometry; Psychometrie; Item-Response-Theorie; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Testtheorie; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Evaluierung; Zypern; Türkei
Abstract	This study evaluates the psychometric properties of three different forms of the Writing Apprehension Test (WAT; Daly & Miller, 1975) through Rasch analysis. For this purpose, the fit statistics and correlation coefficients, and the reliability, separation ratio, and chi-square values for the facets of item and person calculated for the 26-item, one-dimensional, 21-item, one-dimensional and 21-item, four-dimensional forms of the test were compared. The study was conducted with 720 secondary-school students in Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. Having excluded the incomplete or incorrectly completed measurement tools, data for 604 students remained in the data set. The data obtained from the research were analyzed through the Rasch model by making use of the FACETS package program. The results demonstrated that the 21-item, one-dimensional model was the most appropriate model for the WAT. Aside from this, more accurate estimations were found able to be made for students' writing apprehension by adding items with differing levels of difficulty (higher or lower than existing items) into the test. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01