A Construct Revalidation of the Community of Inquiry Survey: Empirical Evidence for a General Factor under a Bifactor Structure

Autor/inn/en	Yang, Hongwei; Su, Jian
Titel	A Construct Revalidation of the Community of Inquiry Survey: Empirical Evidence for a General Factor under a Bifactor Structure
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 22 (2021) 4, S.22-40 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Inquiry; Communities of Practice; Factor Analysis; Correlation; Goodness of Fit; Models; Scores; Construct Validity; Reliability; Online Courses; Educational Practices; Item Analysis; Likert Scales; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Teaching Skills; Teaching Methods; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Faktorenanalyse; Korrelation; Analogiemodell; Reliabilität; Online course; Online-Kurs; Bildungspraxis; Itemanalyse; Likert-Skala; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Lehrbefähigung; Lehrkompetenz; Unterrichtsbefähigung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The study revisited the community of inquiry (CoI) instrument for construct revalidation. To that end, the study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine four competing models (unidimensional, correlated-factor, second-order factor, and bifactor models) on model fit statistics computed using parameter estimates from a statistical estimator for ordinal categorical data. The CFA identified as the optimal structure the bifactor model where all items loaded on their intended domains and the existence of the general factor was supported, essentially evidence of construct validity for the instrument. The study further examined the bifactor model using mostly model-based reliability measures. The findings confirmed the contributions of the general factor to the reliability of instrument scores. The study concluded with validity and reliability evidence for the bifactor model, supported the model as a valid and reliable representation of the CoI instrument and a fuller representation of the CoI theoretical framework, and recommended its use in CoI-related research and practice in online education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01