The Citizenship Knowledge Test contained subtests which were designed to measure sub-areas of the overall construct of citizenship knowledge. Two factor analysis studies were conducted to determine if the test factored as predicted—one common factor with each subtest retaining a unique factor. The results Indicated that the test behaved as predicted. Thus the test was construct valid and can be used as a general measure of the construct citizenship knowledge.
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