Dimensionality analysis indicated that commitment and control are unidimensional, corroborating factorial validity, THURSDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2019 but challenge yielded 2 factors, not supporting factorial validity. Moderate correlations ranging between .511 and Paper Presentations: Assessment & Evaluation .650 corroborated discriminant validity. Factor analysis Chair: Dockrat S using orthogonal varimax rotation with all 18 items yielded 08:00 – 09:00 4 instead of 3 factors, explaining 54.7% of total variance, failing to corroborate construct validity. Further principal Foxcroft C. Culturally meaningful psychological axis factoring with Oblimin rotation on all 18 items also assessment: Where are we along the road? produced a 4-factor solution with 2 cross-loadings, 3 factor loadings less than .5, with more than 70% of the items This paper will critically reflect on the extent to which loading onto one factor and not corroborating convergent progress is being made in South Africa towards more and discriminant validity. culturally-relevant and meaningful assessment measures and Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that although practices. To achieve this, reflections on progress related to the reliability of the MHS seems acceptable, its validity the following will be touched on: (a) developing a shared seems questionable in the South African military context. understanding of how to combine African-centred and Using this instrument should be done with caution. Western-oriented approaches to test development and use, Correspondence: Oscar Mthembu, PhD, Military Academy, and (b) progress made in terms of developing African- Private bag X 02, Frans Erasmus Drive, Saldanha Bay, centred measures and adapting Western-oriented measures South Africa.
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