A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkey
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Tarih
2019
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Dergi ISSN
Cilt Başlığı
Yayıncı
Assoc Measurement & Evaluation Education & Psychology
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
In quantitative research, an attempt to reproduce previously reported results requires at least a transparent definition of the population, sampling method, and the analyses procedures used in the prior studies. Focusing on the articles published between 2010 and 2017 by the four prestigious educational research journals in Turkey, this study aimed to investigate the reproducibility of the factor analysis results from a theoretical perspective. A total of 275 articles were subject to descriptive content analysis. Results showed that 77.8% of the studies did not include an explicit definition of the population under interest, and in 50.9% of the studies, the sampling method was either not clear or reported to be convenience sampling. Moreover, information about the missing data or a missing data dealing technique was absent in the 76% of the articles. Approximately, half of the studies were found to have inadequate model fit. Furthermore, in almost all studies, it could not be determined whether the item types (i.e., levels of measurement scales) were taken into consideration during the analyses. In conclusion, the majority of the investigated factor analysis results were evaluated to be non-reproducible in practice.
Açıklama
Anahtar Kelimeler
Reproducibility, factor analysis, descriptive content analysis
Kaynak
Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology-Epod
WoS Q Değeri
N/A
Scopus Q Değeri
Q4
Cilt
10
Sayı
1
