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ICCS 2009 Technical Report - IEA

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Table 12.8: Item parameters for scales reflecting students’ perceptions of public serviceScale or Item Question/Item Wording Delta Tau(1) Tau(2) Tau(3)ConventionalCitizenshipHow important are the following behaviours for being a good adult citizen?IS2P21A Voting in every national election -1.28 -1.45 -0.06 1.52IS2P21B Joining a political party 0.31 -2.07 0.62 1.46IS2P21C Learning about the country’s history -1.05 -1.39 -0.06 1.44IS2P21D Following political issues in the newspaper, on the radio, -0.86 -1.66 -0.13 1.79on TV or on the internetIS2P21E Showing respect for government representatives -0.91 -1.31 -0.41 1.72IS2P21F Engaging in political discussions 0.08 -2.00 0.34 1.65Soc.-Mov.-CitizenshipHow important are the following behaviors for being a good adult citizen?IS2P21G Participating in peaceful protests against laws believed -0.62 -1.85 0.03 1.81to be unjustIS2P21H Participating in activities to benefit people in the -1.40 -1.89 -0.32 2.20IS2P21I Taking part in activities promoting human rights -1.57 -1.81 -0.29 2.10IS2P21J Taking part in activities to protect the environment -1.65 -1.59 -0.29 1.88Figure 12.6 shows the results of the confirmatory factor analysis for these items. RMSEA andCFI suggested a satisfactory model fit for the two-factor solutions. Both latent factors werehighly correlated with 0.71, and the item factor loadings indicated that the items had goodmeasurement qualities for both latent traits.Figure 12.6: Confirmatory factor analysis of items measuring students’ perceptions of good citizenshipIS2P21A0.601.00CITCON0.640.620.610.650.570.67IS2P21BIS2P21CIS2P21D0.610.630.58IS2P21E0.680.71IS2P21F 0.56IS2P21G0.600.63IS2P21H0.43RMSEA 0.052NNFI 0.88CFI 0.911.00CITSOC0.760.820.75IS2P21I0.33IS2P21J 0.43176<strong>ICCS</strong> <strong>2009</strong> technical report

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