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Measurement of Participation in Vocational Education: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis Model Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 1986. DAI-A 47/07, p. 2556, January 1987 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Gender Differences; High School Curriculum; High School Transcripts; Racial Differences; Vocational Education The purpose of this study was to develop, evaluate, and determine the generalizability of two measures of participation in vocational education. The measures apply the confirmatory factor analysis method and used data from The National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experiences, New Youth Cohort (NLS, Youth). Two questions answered in this study were: (1) Can an acceptable measure of participation in vocational education be created from Carnegie Units earned in vocational courses transcribed from students records? (2) Is the measure of participation in vocational education equally appropriate for sex and race groups? Two models of participation in vocational education were constructed in this study. The Full Model and the Restricted Model. Both models use sums of Carnegie Units earned in high school vocational education courses as observed measures of participation. The Full Model refers to courses that could be considered, in a very loose sense, as vocational education. The Full Model contains nine components representing the following subject matters: agriculture education; career planning and education; distributive education; health occupations education; home economics education; industrial arts education; office occupations; related academic education; and trade and industrial education. The Restricted Model summarizes participation in the nine vocational areas into a single index of participation Results of the analysis showed that specific measures of participation in components of vocational education are more reliable than a general measure of participation. Both measures of participation were generalizable over sex and race groups. However, the full Model again provided a much better fit to the data and was more reliable. |
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Blake, Pamela Jean. Measurement of Participation in Vocational Education: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis Model. Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 1986. DAI-A 47/07, p. 2556, January 1987. |