EDRE 101 Quantitative Research Instrumentation PDF

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH: INSTRUMENTATION Daren Sauza-Ngadima, PhD EDRE 101 1st Sem; AY 2024-2025 Learning Objectives: 1.Explain the validity, reliability, objectivity, and usability of the research instrument 2.Determine researcher and completed instruments 3.Differe...

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH: INSTRUMENTATION Daren Sauza-Ngadima, PhD EDRE 101 1st Sem; AY 2024-2025 Learning Objectives: 1.Explain the validity, reliability, objectivity, and usability of the research instrument 2.Determine researcher and completed instruments 3.Differentiate norm-referenced and criterion-referenced instruments DATA INSTRUMENTATION VALIDITY, RELIABILITY, OBJECTIVITY, & USABILITY VALIDITY – the defensibility of the inferences the researchers make from the data collected through the use of an instrument RELIABILITY – consistency of results OBJECTIVITY – absence of subjective judgments USABILITY – how easy to use any instrument selected or designed WRITTEN RESPONSE VS PERFORMANCE Written Response Performance ✓ Objective (multiple choice, Procedures –ways of doing true-false) things ✓ Tests Mixing a chemical solution ✓ Short-essay examinations Writing a letter ✓ Questionnaires Solving a puzzle ✓ Interview schedules Products – end results of ✓ Rating scales procedures ✓ checklists Correct chemical solution Properly typed letter RESEARCHER- COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS Rating Scales Behavior Rating Scales – a measured judgment RESEARCHER- COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS Product Rating Scales RESEARCHER- COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS Tally Sheets RESEARCHER- COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS Performance Checklist SUBJECT- COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS Self-Checklist SUBJECT- COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS Attitude Test SUBJECT- COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS Personality Inventories SUBJECT- COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS Achievement Tests SUBJECT- COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS Aptitude Tests SUBJECT- COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS Performance Tests SUBJECT- COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS Projective Devices SUBJECT- COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS Sociometric Devices NORM-REFERENCED VS CRITERION REFERENCED INSTRUMENTS Norm-referenced Instruments - Instruments that provide information about the comparison made Norm group – the group to which the comparison is made NORM-REFERENCED VS CRITERION REFERENCED INSTRUMENTS Criterion-referenced Instruments - A test, focus more directly on instruction - Based on a specific goal or target (criterion) for which the learner achieve NORM-REFERENCED VS CRITERION-REFERENCED INSTRUMENTS: Examples Norm-referenced Instruments Criterion-referenced Instruments A student: A student: ✓ Spelled every word in the ✓ Scored at the 50th percentile in weekly spelling list correctly his group ✓ Solved at least 75% of the ✓ Scored above 90% of all the assigned problems students in the class ✓ Achieved a score of at least 80 ✓ Received a higher grade point out of 100 on the final exam average in English literature ✓ Did at least 25 push-pups within than any other student in the a five-minute period school REFERENCE: Fraenkel, J. R., Wallen, N.E., & Hyun, H.H. (2015). How to design and evaluate research in education (9th ed.). McGrawhill.