A Preliminary Report of the Psychometric Properties of the Epistemic Beliefs Inventory

Table 1: Comparison of Previous Psychometric Analyses of the EBI

Study	Location of Study		Identified Factors	n	Ratio of n to items		Α
DeBacker,	United		1. Knowledge is Simple	417	13.03:1		All
Crowson,	States		2. Knowledge is Certain				<.70
Beesley,			3. Learning is Quick
Thoma, and			4. Ability is Fixed
Hestevold			5. Omniscient Authority
(2008)
Laster	United		1. Innate Ability	485	15.16:1		.26 to .72
(2010)	States		2. Quick and Certain Knowledge
			3. Simple Knowledge
			4. Source of Absolute Knowledge
Müller,	Germany		1. Speed of Knowledge Acquisition	52	1.86:1		.61 to .88
Rebmann,			2. Control of Learning Processes
and Liebsch			3. Source of Knowledge
(2008)			4. Structure/Certainly of Knowledge
Nussbaum	United		1. Simple Knowledge	238	7.44:1		.69 to.77
And Bendixen	States		2. Certain Knowledge
(2003)			3. Innate Ability
Ravindran et	United		1. Simple	101	3.16:1		.54 to .88
Al (2005)	States		2. Certain
			3. Quick
			4. Fixed
			5. Authority
Schraw,	United		1. Omniscient Authority	160	5.00:1		.58 to .68
Dunkle, and	States		2. Certain Knowledge
Bendixen			3. Quick Learning
(2002)			4. Simple Knowledge
			5. Innate Ability
Sulimma*	Germany		1. Structure	103	3.68:1		.72 to .77
(2009)			2. Source
			3. Control
Sulimma*		Germany	1. Structure	42	1.5:1	.63 to .77
(2009)			2. Source
			3. Control

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