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📕 WoS Researcher ID: MIK-0776-2025
📕 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5319-7148
This website is a hub to share updates on my research and projects.
Interests
- Educational Measurement and Evaluation
- Measurement and Psychometrics
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree, Primary School Education, Anadolu University (2021)
- Master’s Degree, Educational Measurement and Evaluation, Hacettepe University (2024)
- Açımlayıcı Faktör Analizinde Faktör Sayısı Belirleme Yöntemlerinin Çeşitli Koşullar Altında Karşılaştırılması / Comparison of Factor Retention Methods in Exploratory Factor Analysis Under Various Conditions
- PhD Candidate, Educational Measurement and Evaluation, Hacettepe University (2025)
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Book Chapters 📙
- Kaçak, T. (2024). JASP’ın Kurulumu, Veri Girişi ve Betimsel İstatistikler, İçinde JASP ile İstatiksel Analiz: Uygulamalı Bir Rehber (Installation of JASP, Data Input and Descriptive Statistics, in Statistical Analysis with JASP: A Practical Guide) (Ed: Acar-Güvendir, M. & Kılıç, A.F.), 1-31, Pegem Akademi
- Kaçak, T. (2025). JASP’ın Kurulumu, Veri Girişi ve Betimsel İstatistikler, İçinde JASP ile İstatiksel Analiz: Uygulamalı Bir Rehber (2. baskı) (Installation of JASP, Data Input and Descriptive Statistics, in Statistical Analysis with JASP: A Practical Guide, 2nd. ed.) (Ed: Acar-Güvendir, M. & Kılıç, A.F.), 1-31, Pegem Akademi
- Kaçak, T. (2025). İlk Okuma ve Yazma Öğretiminde Ölçme ve Değerlendirme, İçinde 2024 Türkiye Yüzyılı Maarif Modeli Öğretim Programına Uygun İlk Okuma Yazma Öğretimi, (Ed: Coşkun, İ & Kadıoğlu-Ateş, H.). 247- 274, Vizetek Yayıncılık
Publishes 📚
- Kaçak, T., Temurtaş, A. & Kılıç, A. F. (2025), The Role of Cross-Loadings in Factor Retention Insights from Monte Carlo Simulations
- Journal : Psihologija Link: https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI250410050K
- Kaçak, T., & Kılıç, A. F. (2025). Factor extraction in exploratory factor analysis for ordinal indicators: Is principal component analysis the best option?. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 12(1), 113-130. https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.1481201
- Kaçak, T., & Kılıç, A. F. (2024). The effects of missing data handling methods on reliability coefficients: A Monte Carlo simulation study. Eğitimde ve Psikolojide Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Dergisi, 2, 166-182. https://doi.org/10.21031/epod.1485482
- Kılıç, A. F., Acar Güvendir, M., Güler, G., & Kaçak, T. (2024). Examining the wording effect: What are we measuring? Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15366367.2024.2329505
- Aydoğdu, M. Z., Kılıç, A. F. & Kaçak, T. (2025). Investigation of Mathematics Teacher Candidates’ Problem Solving and Problem Posing Abilities: The Mediating Role of Belief and Self-Efficacy (Accepted by Pamukkale University Journal of Education)
- The Role of Value on Mathematics Between Self-Efficacy and Like Mathematics: A Moderated Mediation Analysis (with Asst. Prof. Mustafa Zeki AYDOĞDU, Assoc. Prof. Tuğba TÜRK KURTÇA, Assoc. Prof. Abdullah Faruk KILIÇ)
On Peer-Review 👁️👁️
- Invariance of Like Reading and Reading Self-Efficacy Scales in PIRLS 2021 Across Subgroups: Evidence from Psychometric Networks
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- To What Extent Interfactor Correlations Effect on Factor Retention Methods’ Performances (with Assoc. Prof. Abdullah Faruk KILIÇ)
- Journal: Behavioral Research Methods
- Structing Psychopathology: A Stress-Test of Factor Retention Methods in Complex Hierarchical Methods (with Assoc. Prof. Abdullah Faruk KILIÇ)
- Journal: Assessment
- Comparison of Factor Retention Methods: Is Exploratory Graph Analysis Suitable for Mixed-Format Data (with Assoc. Prof. Abdullah Faruk KILIÇ and Prof. Dr. Nuri DOĞAN)
- Journal: Methodology (also as virtual poster in AERA25)
- Dimensionality Assessment of Ordinal Items with the Combination of Common Factor Retention Methods
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- The Impact of Correlated Erros on Reliability Coefficients (with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdullah Faruk KILIÇ)
- Journal: Applied Measurement in Education
- Easing the Burden: How Teacher Self-Efficacy Mediates the Association Between Occupational Stress and Job Satisfaction? International Evidence from PISA2022 (with Res. Asst. Gizem EKİCİ)
- Journal: Psychology in Schools - Rejected
- Evaluating measurement invariance of students’ positive and negative beliefs towards ICT in ICILS2023: MGCFA and Alignment Optimization approach
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- Exploratory Bi-factor Analysis with Ordinal Data
- Journal : Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology
- Q-Matrix Validation in the Presence of Missing Data: A Simulation-Based Comparison of Multiple Imputation Methods (with. Asst. Prof. Mehtap Aktaş)
- Journal : SAGE Open
- The Differential Impact of Lottery Incentives on Measurement Outcomes in Paper-and-Pencil vs. Online Assessments (with. Assoc. Prof. Gül Güler, Prof. Dr. Meltem Acar Güvendir, Assoc. Prof. Abdullah Faruk Kılıç, Asst. Prof. Mehtap Aktaş)
- Journal : Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
- Does Item Wording Effect Change the Psychometric Properties of a Scale? An Investigation with the Warwick-Edinburg Mental Well-Being Scale (with. Assoc. Prof. Gül Güler, Prof. Dr. Meltem Acar Güvendir, Assoc. Prof. Abdullah Faruk Kılıç, Asst. Prof. Mehtap Aktaş)
- Journal : Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology