Parallel Serbian versions of blot test: An empirical examination
Abstract
Logical Operations Test (BLOT) was developed for assessing the transition to formal operational thinking. BLOT is a 35 item multiple-choice test which examines all of the operations which comprise the logico-mathematical structure of formal operations in Piaget's theory. The test was translated into Serbian and used in previously reported research. This work deals with two additional parallel versions of the Serbian BLOT. For each original BLOT item two more parallel items have been constructed by changing the item content and leaving the logical structure of the item the same. Sample consisted of 517 primary and secondary school students. Rasch analysis confirmed that the vast majority of items maintained invariance across at least two test versions: for 19 original items both parallel items maintained their invariance, for 14 items one of the parallel items had similar parameters and only 2 items did not remain invariant in the parallel tests.
Keywords:
Rasch analysis / parallel versions in Serbian / formal operational thinking / BLOTSource:
Psihologija, 2012, 45, 2, 121-137Publisher:
- Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd
Funding / projects:
DOI: 10.2298/PSI1202121S
ISSN: 0048-5705
WoS: 000305981900002
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84865384968
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Stepanović Ilić, Ivana AU - Baucal, Aleksandar AU - Bond, Trevor G. PY - 2012 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1539 AB - Logical Operations Test (BLOT) was developed for assessing the transition to formal operational thinking. BLOT is a 35 item multiple-choice test which examines all of the operations which comprise the logico-mathematical structure of formal operations in Piaget's theory. The test was translated into Serbian and used in previously reported research. This work deals with two additional parallel versions of the Serbian BLOT. For each original BLOT item two more parallel items have been constructed by changing the item content and leaving the logical structure of the item the same. Sample consisted of 517 primary and secondary school students. Rasch analysis confirmed that the vast majority of items maintained invariance across at least two test versions: for 19 original items both parallel items maintained their invariance, for 14 items one of the parallel items had similar parameters and only 2 items did not remain invariant in the parallel tests. PB - Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd T2 - Psihologija T1 - Parallel Serbian versions of blot test: An empirical examination EP - 137 IS - 2 SP - 121 VL - 45 DO - 10.2298/PSI1202121S ER -
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Stepanović Ilić, I., Baucal, A.,& Bond, T. G.. (2012). Parallel Serbian versions of blot test: An empirical examination. in Psihologija Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd., 45(2), 121-137. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI1202121S
Stepanović Ilić I, Baucal A, Bond TG. Parallel Serbian versions of blot test: An empirical examination. in Psihologija. 2012;45(2):121-137. doi:10.2298/PSI1202121S .
Stepanović Ilić, Ivana, Baucal, Aleksandar, Bond, Trevor G., "Parallel Serbian versions of blot test: An empirical examination" in Psihologija, 45, no. 2 (2012):121-137, https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI1202121S . .