Seulki Ku

Quantitative Study

Seulki Ku

Doctoral Student, Human Sciences, College of EHE

ku.47@osu.edu

Advisor: Xin Feng

 

Testing the validity of the positive emotionality subscale of the Children’s Behavior Questionnaire using Rasch analysis

 

Abstract

 

This study aimed to evaluate validity of Children’s Behavior Questionnaire, especially, Smile/Laughter subscale, using Rasch analysis. With the sample of 127 children, we examined whether the items a)measured children’s Smile/Laughter behavior well; b)were well-distributed in terms of difficulty. The findings will suggest how to improve the perform.