Validation of Hortwitz’s (1987) beliefs about language learning inventory with Chinese mainland sample: Traditional factor analysis versus Rasch modeling

Keyphrases

• Factor Analysis 100%
• Chinese Mainland 100%
• Index of Learning Styles 100%
• Beliefs about Language Learning 100%
• Rasch Modeling 100%
• Traditional Factor 100%
• Construct Validity 66%
• College Students 66%
• Four Factors 66%
• Item Fit 66%
• Learning English as a Second Language 33%
• Unidimensionality 33%
• Rasch 33%
• Psychometric Properties 33%
• Rasch Measurement 33%
• Tertiary Level 33%
• Differential Item Functioning 33%
• Confirmatory Factor Analysis 33%
• ESL Students 33%
• Model Fitting 33%
• Student Beliefs 33%
• Beliefs about Learning 33%
• Convenience Sampling 33%
• Method Validation 33%
• Internal Consistency 33%
• Rasch Scaling 33%
• Classical Test Theory 33%
• Absolute Evidence 33%
• Scaling Method 33%
• Robust Validation 33%

Psychology

• Rasch Analysis 100%
• Factor Analysis 100%
• Language Learning 100%
• Construct Validity 100%
• College Students 100%
• Psychometrics 50%
• Classical Test Theory 50%
• Four-Factor Solution 50%