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dc.contributor.advisorPeyton, Vicki
dc.contributor.advisorTemplin, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Jihong
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-18T20:17:40Z
dc.date.available2019-05-18T20:17:40Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-31
dc.date.submitted2018
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:16268
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/28022
dc.description.abstractThis study introduces the use of mixed-format multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) analysis for assessing the latent factor structure of the Social Capital Rating Scale (SCRS). The rating scale, an instrument developed for measuring the parent involvement and the peer network of high school students, contains twenty-two items selected from the student questionnaire of the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS:88) Database. The psychometric properties and dimensionality of the scale are evaluated with MIRT framework. Using the sample of grade eight students from NELS:88 (N = 27,394), the two-factor structure of the SCRS (factor 1: within-family social capital; factor 2: peer social capital) was confirmed with the two-parameter IRT model (2PL): RMSEA = 0.049, CFI = 0.915, TLI = 0.905, SRMSR = 0.057. Discussion includes methodological implications for social capital scale, focusing on assessment of measurement invariance in differential item functioning etc.
dc.format.extent72 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsCopyright held by the author.
dc.subjectEducational tests & measurements
dc.subjectEducational sociology
dc.subjectIRT
dc.subjectmeasurement
dc.subjectsocial capital
dc.titleUtilizing Multidimensional Item Response Theory to Examine Social Capital
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberPeyton, Vicki
dc.contributor.cmtememberTemplin, Jonathan
dc.contributor.cmtememberHansen, David M.
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplinePsychology & Research in Education
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.S.Ed.
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2820-3734
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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