Research Article

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

Volume: 10 Number: 1 March 29, 2019
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A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkey

Abstract

In 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.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 29, 2019

Submission Date

November 13, 2018

Acceptance Date

February 13, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 10 Number: 1

APA
Aydın, B., Kaplan, M., Atılgan, H., & Gürel, S. (2019). A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkey. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology, 10(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.21031/epod.482393
AMA
1.Aydın B, Kaplan M, Atılgan H, Gürel S. A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkey. JMEEP. 2019;10(1):1-11. doi:10.21031/epod.482393
Chicago
Aydın, Burak, Mehmet Kaplan, Hakan Atılgan, and Sungur Gürel. 2019. “A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkey”. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology 10 (1): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.21031/epod.482393.
EndNote
Aydın B, Kaplan M, Atılgan H, Gürel S (March 1, 2019) A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkey. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology 10 1 1–11.
IEEE
[1]B. Aydın, M. Kaplan, H. Atılgan, and S. Gürel, “A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkey”, JMEEP, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1–11, Mar. 2019, doi: 10.21031/epod.482393.
ISNAD
Aydın, Burak - Kaplan, Mehmet - Atılgan, Hakan - Gürel, Sungur. “A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkey”. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology 10/1 (March 1, 2019): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.21031/epod.482393.
JAMA
1.Aydın B, Kaplan M, Atılgan H, Gürel S. A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkey. JMEEP. 2019;10:1–11.
MLA
Aydın, Burak, et al. “A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkey”. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology, vol. 10, no. 1, Mar. 2019, pp. 1-11, doi:10.21031/epod.482393.
Vancouver
1.Burak Aydın, Mehmet Kaplan, Hakan Atılgan, Sungur Gürel. A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility of Factor Analysis Results: The Case of Educational Research Journals in Turkey. JMEEP. 2019 Mar. 1;10(1):1-11. doi:10.21031/epod.482393

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