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ICCS 2009 Technical Report - IEA

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Figure 12.27: Confirmatory factor analysis of items measuring students’ self-reported knowledge about theEuropean UnionES2P13A0.360.80ES2P13B0.25RMSEA 0.026NNFI 1.00CFI 1.001.00EUKNOW0.860.830.51ES2P13C0.32ES2P13D 0.74Latin American questionnaireStudents’ perceptions of Latin American identityQuestion 1 of the Latin American regional questionnaire was designed to measure the extentto which students identified with the Latin American region. Students were asked to give theirlevel of agreement (“strongly agree,” “agree,” “disagree,” “strongly disagree”) with statementscontained in five items. The five items were used to derive the scale students’ sense of LatinAmerican identity (LAIDENT). The scale reliability was 0.62 for the pooled <strong>ICCS</strong> sample. Thenational reliabilities ranged from 0.52 to 0.68 (see Table 12.44). Table 12.45 shows the itemwording as well as the item parameters that were used for scaling. Higher values on this scalereflect a greater sense of Latin American identity.Table 12.52: Reliabilities for scale reflecting students’ perceptions of Latin American identityCountryLatin American IdentityChile 0.68Colombia 0.65Dominican Republic 0.52Guatemala 0.62Mexico 0.64Paraguay 0.57<strong>ICCS</strong> average 0.62Table 12.53: Item parameters for scale reflecting students’ perceptions of Latin American identityScale or Item Question/Item Wording Delta Tau(1) Tau(2) Tau(3)Latin AmericanIdentityHow much do you agree or disagree with the following statements about Latin America and its people?LS2P01A We Latin Americans have a lot in common even if we come -1.47 -1.25 -0.94 2.18from different countries.LS2P01B In Latin America more things unite us than separate us. -1.11 -1.95 -0.44 2.38LS2P01C I feel I have a lot in common with other Latin American youths. -0.90 -1.66 -0.31 1.96LS2P01D Sometimes I support teams from other Latin American -0.66 -0.98 -0.36 1.34countries during international competitions.LS2P01E I often support teams from other Latin American countries -0.49 -0.79 -0.39 1.19when my country has been eliminated from a competition.SCALING PROCEDURES FOR <strong>ICCS</strong> questionnaire ITEMS241

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