A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorAydin, Burak
dc.contributor.authorKaplan, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorAtilgan, Hakan
dc.contributor.authorGurel, Sungur
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-27T09:45:50Z
dc.date.available2019-10-27T09:45:50Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.21031/epod.482393
dc.identifier.endpage11en_US
dc.identifier.issn1309-6575
dc.identifier.issn1309-6575en_US
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.21031/epod.482393
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/29197
dc.identifier.volume10en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000462184900001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAssoc Measurement & Evaluation Education & Psychologyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology-Epoden_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectReproducibilityen_US
dc.subjectfactor analysisen_US
dc.subjectdescriptive content analysisen_US
dc.titleA Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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