The cognitive domain of the quality of life of university students: A re-analyses of an instrument

This paper presents the re-analysis of a previously published instrument, b ased on Bloom's taxonomy, developed to measure the cognitive domain of the quality of life of university students. The items in this instrument were a ssessed using Guttman's Smallest Space Analysis. The findings generally sup port Bloom's conceptualization, identifying 5 of 6 dimensions in the taxono my: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, and Evaluation. The fi ndings provide support for the enduring utility of Bloom's taxonomy, and re inforce the ongoing need to test theoretically informed instruments using s ophisticated statistical techniques.