The social presence subscale of the CoI survey instrument shows inconsistent dimensionality across validation studies¶

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q2 i? Validation studies of the Arbaugh et al. (2008) CoI survey's social presence subscale disagree on its structure: three dimensions in one study, two in another, and a later Rasch analysis suggesting unidimensionality without a multidimensionality test. → Karel Kreijns 2022

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Karel Kreijns 2022¶

Karel Kreijns, Kate Xu, Joshua Weidlich. (2022). Social Presence: Conceptualization and Measurement. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09623-8

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The review's synthesis of CoI survey instrument validation evidence. It adds that Abbitt and Boone (2021) found the subscale fitted the Rasch model, suggesting unidimensionality, but did not report a Rasch test for multidimensionality to confirm it.

"While the Arbaugh et al. ( 2008) validation study revealed three dimensions for the social presence subscale in the CoI survey instrument (group cohesion, open communication, and affective expression; see also Díaz et al., 2010), an empirical study performed by Carlon et al. ( 2012) showed only two dimensions (social comfort and social experience)"

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