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Validazione e standardizzazione della versione definitiva della scala DAL per la rilevazione della disposizione alla lettura
No full textQuesto studio si propone di presentare il processo di validazione e standardizzazione della versione rivista della scala DAL per la rilevazionedella disposizione alla lettura (Batini, et al. 2023). La disposizione alla lettura viene qui intesa come sentimento individuale che può influenzarela selezione di un comportamento e configurarsi come fattore predittivo di condotte adottate in futuro. L’ambito indagato è quello dellalettura per piacere, fruita nel proprio tempo libero, con finalità ricreativa e per la cura di sé, in esplicito collegamento con le pratiche didatticheagite nel contesto scolastico. La scala risulta articolata in tre dimensioni: la componente cognitiva (idee, credenze o opinioni), quella affettiva(condizione emotiva che caratterizza l’atteggiamento) e quella conativa (tendenza comportamentale ad agire a favore o contro). La stesurainiziale della scala e lo studio pilota ha visto il coinvolgimento di 816 rispondenti di età compresa fra 11-19 anni e prodotto una versione di92 item, distribuiti nei 3 fattori citati. Lo studio attuale presenta gli esiti della nuova somministrazione a un campione di 1371 studenti checonferma una struttura fattoriale tripartitica su un totale di 45 item. L’analisi fattoriale esplorativa e confermativa condotte su questi datimettono in luce un buon adattamento del modello con indici di fit CFI e TLI, prossimi a .95, valori dell’SRMR e dell’RMSEA al di sottodi 0.05 ed eccellenti valori di affidabilità delle tre scale.This study aims to present the validation and standardization process of a revised version of the DAL scale to assess reading disposition(Batini et al., 2023). Disposition to reading is understood here as an individual feeg that can influence behavior selection and serve as a pre-dictive factor for future behaviour. The domain investigated is that of reading for pleasure, enjoyed in one's free time for recreational andself-care purposes, in explicit connection with the educational practices enacted in the school context. The scale consists of three dimensions:the cognitive factor (ideas, beliefs, or opinions), the affective factor (emotional condition characterizing attitude), and the conative factor(behavioral tendency to act for or against). The initial drafting of the scale and the pilot study involved 816 respondents aged 11–19 yearsand produced a version with 92 items distributed across the three factors mentioned above. The current study presents the findings of a newadministration to a sample of 1,371 students, confirming a tripartite factorial structure with a total of 45 items. Exploratory and confirmatoryfactor analyses conducted on these data reveal a good model fit, with CFI and TLI fit indices close to .95, SRMR and RMSEA values below.05, and excellent reliability values for the three scale
L’influenza della disposizione alla lettura sulle pratiche e sulle abitudini di lettura: un’analisi correlazionale
No full textThis study aims to investigate the relationships between the factors that define
the DAL (Disposition to Read Scale) construct (Batini et al., 2024) and
variables associated with reading practices. The three dimensions of the DAL
(cognitive, affective, and conative) were analyzed in relation to the variables
included in a questionnaire assessing reading habits. In order to thoroughly
examine these relationships, correlation and regression analyses were performed
to assess whether the dimensions of the scale could serve as predictors
of reading frequency, reading duration, persistence, and perceived
reading efficacy.
The study involved a subsample of 100 students belonging to three lower
secondary schools in the province of Parma, selected from a larger population
participating in a PRIN11 project on reading aloud (Batin & Corsini,
2024).
The results revealed statistically significant correlations for all the dimensions
examined, highlighting a synergistic and reciprocal influence between contextual
and personal factors, and their subsequent impact on reading behaviors.
In particular, the conative dimension emerged as a significant
predictor of variables related to the participant’s reading practices, such as
reading enjoyment, reading frequency, and perceived self-efficacy
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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