objective: the aim of this study is to explore the confirmatory factor analysis results of the persian adaptation of abbreviated math anxiety scale (amas), proposed by hopko, mahadevan, bare & hunt. method: the validity and reliability assessments of the scale were performed on 298 college students chosen randomly from tabriz university in iran. the confirmatory factor analysis (cfa) was carrie...

in the modern world, organizations are considered as intelligent systems. increased organizational intelligence (oi) helps organizations to effectively analyze their data, store results, and use outcomes for making professional decisions. the purpose of this study was to measure oi in agriculture- jihad organization in guilan. a sample of 201 out of personnel was selected from in agriculture- j...

a valid questionnaire is a precursor to a sound measurement process. this study examined the psychometric properties of the persian version of the revised competitive state anxiety inventory – 2 (csai-2r). a total of 131 female taekwondo athletes (mean age =12.37 ± 2.52) from damghan completed csai-2r at competition venues. confirmatory factor analysis was used to analyze the structure of csai-...

This research examined the validity of the Performance Environment Perception Scales (PEPS), a new instrument designed to assess performance-relevant aspects of the work environment. A sample of 156 employees of an Australian university completed the PEPS and their supervisors rated their task and citizenship performance. Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed the PEPS to have a valid factor struc...

This article explored the effect of resource-based capability and inter-organizational coordination on a firm’s supply chain management focus. We proposed a conceptual framework to describe these two sets of antecedents. The hypotheses were tested using confirmatory factor analysis and multiple linear regression on a set of data collected in the U.S., Europe, and New Zealand. Test results revea...

The paper reports results from a pilot study into marketing assets and capabilities. Empirical work conducted in the UK and Austria is used to test a set of items for measuring these marketing resources using confirmatory factor analysis. The resulting scales are both conceptually and empirically validated and shown to offer excellent levels of reliability.