The purpose of this study was to examine the latent composition of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory for High School (LASSI-HS) by applying both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. A sample of 367 ninth-grade students completed the LASSI-HS. These data were used for estimating reliability and for identifying a structural measurement model. The sample data were divided into two homogeneous groups to test for the covariance properties of the proposed measurement model using confirmatory factor analysis via the CALIS procedure. Based on previous research done on a similar instrument, a three-factor model was suggested in the initial set of exploratory analyses, and evidence supported the proposed model over other alternate models. The three latent variables were identified and labeled affective/effort-related activities, cognitive aspects/activities, and goal-oriented activities. Interrelationships among the constructs are examined, and the potential uses of the LASSI-HS are discussed.
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Olivárez et al. (1994) studied this question.