Sentences with phrase «competing factor structure»

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«Teacher identities and professional histories; departmental structures; differentiated roles, such as reading specialists and literacy coaches; lack of teacher preparation to teach literacy skills; arguments over whose responsibility literacy instruction is; competing factors such as motivation and engagement; disparities between in - and out - of - school literacy practices; and the increasing demands of reading to learn all contribute to the stagnation in literacy achievement,» he says.

Although experience internationally shows that cartels may exist in almost any industry, there are certain industry structures and commercial activities and / or factors that may increase the risk of cartel formation, including: - customers that make regular, repetitive purchases by way of competitive tender; - competitors that know each other well through social contact, trade associations, shifting employment or other legitimate activities; - companies with immature corporate governance systems which fail to pay sufficient attention to compliance issues; - price or margin increases in a depressed market; - unexplained reluctance to compete on price and / or in particular areas and / or in respect of particular products; - unexplained reluctance to increase output; - unexplained pricing or market share stability in a previously volatile market; and - regular unexplained parallel price increases.

The SDQ's internal factor structure was assessed by using confirmatory factor analysis, with a series of competing models and extensions used to determine construct, convergent, and discriminant validity and measurement invariance over time.

Does a three - dimensional factor structure provide a superior fit compared to competing bi-dimensional factor structures?