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      El estudio de productividad académica de profesores universitarios a través de análisis factorial confirmatorio: el caso de psicología en Estados Unidos de América Translated title: The Study of Faculty Productivity through Confirmatory Factor Analysis: the case of Psychology in United States of America

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          Este escrito presenta el uso de técnicas de Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio (CFA), como una nueva aproximación al problema de la medición de la producción académica de profesores universitarios. Para este propósito se usa como ejemplo ilustrativo el caso de la producción académica entre 19971998 de 513 profesores del área de psicología de universidades norteamericanas. A partir del análisis presentado es posible identificar tres variables latentes para describir la productividad de la muestra: tasa de producción individual, tasa de producción colectiva y probabilidad de inflación. Los resultados sugieren la necesidad de aproximaciones novedosas a las políticas de medición y fomento de la producción académica, orientadas no sólo a aumentar las tasas de producción, sino a disminuir la probabilidad de inflación.

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          The article proposes the use of Confirmatory Factor Analysis techniques as a new approach to the measurement problem of faculty productivity. For this purpose, the author uses an analysis of scholarly productivity with data of 513 professors in the field of psychology in North America, between 1997 and 1998. Based on this analysis it is possible to identify three latent variables that describe the productivity of the sample: one factor that captures the inflation of all the observed variables, one factor that measures individual productivity and a factor that measures the joint productivity of faculty members. The findings suggest the need of novel approaches to policies for measurement and support of faculty productivity. These policies should be oriented not only to increase the productivity rates but also to decrease the probability of inflation.

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            Psychologists have primarily investigated scientific creativity from 2 contrasting in vitro perspectives: correlational studies of the creative person and experimental studies of the creative process. Here the same phenomenon is scrutinized using a 3rd, in vivo perspective, namely, the actual creative products that emerge from individual scientific careers and communities of creative scientists. This behavioral analysis supports the inference that scientific creativity constitutes a form of constrained stochastic behavior. That is, it can be accurately modeled as a quasi-random combinatorial process. Key findings from both correlational and experimental research traditions corroborate this conclusion. The author closes the article by arguing that all 3 perspectives--regarding the product, person, and process--must be integrated into a unified view of scientific creativity.
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              Relationships between subject matter characteristics and the structure and output of university departments.

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                Universitas Psychologica
                Univ. Psychol.
                Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá )
                1657-9267
                January 2010
                : 9
                : 1
                : 13-26
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                [1 ] Universidad Católica del Norte Chile
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                S1657-92672010000100002
                c58ad01f-bcb0-4a03-aa58-70177c4860b3

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                PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

                Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Scholarly Productivity,Research Productivity,Faculty, Psychology,Higher Education,Scientific Productivity,College Teachers,Productividad académica,productividad científica,profesores universitarios,Psicología,Educación Superior,Productividad científica,educación superior

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