A comparison of urban and rural reliability estimates for the Boehm Basic Concept Test

Houck, Cherry K.; Biskin, Donald S.; Regetz, Jeannette

doi:10.1002/1520-6807(197310)10:4<430::aid-pits2310100409>3.0.co;2-j

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“…The Boehm Test of Ba.sic Concepts (BTBC) was designed to assess children's mastery of concepts considered necessary for academic achievement during the first years of school (Boehm,19 71 Rosenbluth (1976) and Houck, Biskin and Regetz (1973). The reliability of the BTBC for Navajo and English speaking children has also been evaluated (Rosenbluth, 1976 for the second grade children.…”

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“…The reliabilities for both the English speaking and Navajo children were lower than those obtained by Boehm (1971). Houck et al (1973) compared the reliability coefficients of BTBC scores derived from urban and rural subjects. The BTBC was administered to 121 kindergarten and first grade children in a rural Appalachian county.…”

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“…The subjects were divided into high, middle and low SES groups determined by rating the occupation and education level of the chief income earner in each child's family. The rural reliabilities from these subjects were compared with the urban reliabilities in the BTBC test manual (Boehm, 1971 Boehm's (1971) normative sample and caution was suggested in using the BTBC to assess rural children (Houck et al, 1973 (Boehm, 1971, p. 29) Test reviewers have criticized the BTBC for its apparently inadequate validation (Freeman, 1970;Lawlor, 1970;Noll, 1970;Proger, 1970 The results of the study indicate that the BTBC-A and PPVT-A evaluate similar abilities (Hutcherson, 1978). Steinert (1978) studied the construct and criterion related validity of the BTBC in her doctoral dissertation.…”

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Pre-kindergarteners' performance on the BTBC

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2000

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Robert chairman ~~~ ~lary Gord6n------al11a---~-The BoeQ~ Te.st 9£ Ba~_ic_ Concepts (BTBC) is designed to assess children ' s mastery of concep ts considered necessary for acad emic achi e ·v· erne nt during the first years of school (Boehm, 1971) . Althouqh the BTBC was normed for kindergart en through seconei g rade children on a group administration basis , th e author suggests that the test can be administered to pre-kindergarten children on an individual basis . Th e BTB C ' s us e with pre-kindergarten children has been researched , but it has not been determined wh ethe r pre -ki ndergarteners ' performance on th e BTBC will vary with respect t o socioeconomic status (S ES ). The results of the study suggest that while the high SES subjects are representative, and the low SES subjects may be representative, the middle SES subjects probably are not a representative sample. The results also suggest that children may earn higher scores on the BTBC when it is administered on an individual basis, and that preschool attendance may increase children's performance on the BTBC.

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2000

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“…Although it has not been directly investigated, it also is possible that socioeconomic status (SES) could be associated with differences in the reliability of self-reported emotions (see Houck, Biskin, & Regetz, 1973;Maziade, 1984). Higher SES samples are more likely to have greater education, which would lead to larger vocabularies and greater familiarity with emotion words and nuances of their meanings.…”

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Reliability Generalization Of Self-Report Of Emotions When Using The Differential Emotions Scale

Youngstrom

Green

2003

Educational and Psychological Measurement

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Because self-report is a valuable and often irreplaceable source of information about emotions, it is important to learn how measurement properties change across different demographic samples. Previous findings of mean differences in the level or variability of trait emotions for men versus women or across ethnic groups suggest that there may be differences in the internal consistency of the same measure when applied to different groups. Research groups using the Differential Emotions Scale (DES) have also begun to use the DES or derivative measures in children as young as 5 years old, raising questions about the psychometric performance of the measure across the life span. The present study uses reliability generalization to synthesize findings from 30 samples of raw data involving a total of 2,407 participants. Results indicate that higher socioeconomic status is associated with increased internal consistency in emotion scales. Age and majority ethnic status also were positively associated with internal consistency on a few emotion scales, whereas gender appeared unrelated to reliability of self-reported emotion.

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“…Additionally, a limited number of studies has appeared that provide support for test-retest reliability (Houck, Biskin, and Regetz, 1973). Additionally, a limited number of studies has appeared that provide support for test-retest reliability (Houck, Biskin, and Regetz, 1973).…”

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Factorial Validity of Item Classification on the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts (BTBC), Forms A and B

Piersel

Reynolds

1981

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Boehm's (1971) classification of test items on the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts (BTBC) into the four context categories of space, quantity, time, and miscellaneous was examined from a factor analytic perspective. Examination of a variety of factor solutions of the BTBC provided no support for any of these four categories. A single, general factor related to the acquisition of basic verbal concepts best described the instrument. This factor was constant across the two forms of the BTBC.

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A comparison of urban and rural reliability estimates for the Boehm Basic Concept Test

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Pre-kindergarteners' performance on the BTBC

Pre-kindergarteners' performance on the BTBC

Reliability Generalization Of Self-Report Of Emotions When Using The Differential Emotions Scale

Factorial Validity of Item Classification on the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts (BTBC), Forms A and B

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