An SDT-based questionnaire yields seven distinct, reliable motivation subtypes for Chinese college ESP learners¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1–r2 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Exploratory factor analysis of the ESP motivation questionnaire yielded seven factors representing the hypothesized motivational constructs, accounting for 64.76% of the variance. → Liu 2016 q2 i? All seven motivation subscales showed acceptable internal consistency, with a total Cronbach alpha of 0.951. → Liu 2016 (2)

Evidence¶

Liu 2016¶

Liu, L. (2016). Why Do Chinese College Students Learn ESP: An Analysis of Language Learning Motivations within SDT Framework. English Language Teaching, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v9n4p92

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Exploratory factor analysis (Maximum Likelihood extraction, Varimax rotation) on questionnaire data from 558 Chinese ESP learners. The author reports the analysis "yielded seven factors accounting for 64.76% of the variance", matching the seven hypothesized SDT constructs.

"Processed with the Maximum Likelihood extraction technique, the results of this analysis yielded seven factors accounting for 64.76% of the variance (See Table 2)."

Liu 2016 (2)¶

Liu, L. (2016). Why Do Chinese College Students Learn ESP: An Analysis of Language Learning Motivations within SDT Framework. English Language Teaching, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v9n4p92

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Reliability analysis of the seven subscales in the same 558-participant survey; subscale alphas ranged 0.760–0.857 and "the total Cronbach alpha for all the subscales was calculated as 0.951".

"the total Cronbach alpha for all the subscales was calculated as 0.951, a ve ry high number in terms of reliability"

Discussion¶

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