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Festa-Dreher, D. V. (D. V. ). (2012). The Academic Success Inventory for College Students: An Item Response Theory Analysis. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-4827
The aim of this study was to further validate the Academic Success Inventory for College Students (ASICS; Prevatt et al., 2011). There is a wide range of theoretical approaches related to academic success and there are several different assessments, including traditional measures (e.g. SAT, ACT, high school GPA) and nontraditional measures (e.g. LASSI, MSLQ, AMS, etc.). However, there is a lack of sound, comprehensive instrumentation in the academic success literature. The ASICS (Prevatt et al., 2011) is a newly designed comprehensive, 50-item survey that is based on notable theories of academic success and empirical evidence. Research on the ASICS has already demonstrated sound psychometric properties in its early stages of development (Prevatt et al., 2011). The present study implored a Logistic Graded Response Model, which is a unidimensional IRT analysis, on each of the ASIC subscales. Based on Logistic Graded Response Model results, none of the items fit the expected or hypothesized model, which may be due to the lack of appropriate software. However, many of the items had appropriate item endorsement and discrimination, which provided information on what contributes to the ten factors measured by the ASICS. Even though it is in its early stages of development, the ASICS continues to have strong psychometric properties and is a sound measure of academic success. Many universities and colleges would benefit from utilizing the ASICS to help increase the academic performance and graduation rates of its students.
Academic Success, College Performance, IRT, Scale Development, Validation
Date of Defense
February 22, 2012.
Submitted Note
A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Advisory Committee
Frances Prevatt, Professor Directing Dissertation; Lee Stepina, University Representative; James Sampson, Committee Member; Jeannine Turner, Committee Member.
Publisher
Florida State University
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-4827
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Festa-Dreher, D. V. (D. V. ). (2012). The Academic Success Inventory for College Students: An Item Response Theory Analysis. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-4827
