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Rice, Kenneth G.; Ashby, Jeffrey S.; Gilman, Rich – Psychological Assessment, 2011
A large school-based sample of 9th-grade adolescents (N = 875) completed the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R; Slaney, Mobley, Trippi, Ashby, & Johnson, 1996). Decision rules and cut-scores were developed and replicated that classify adolescents as one of two kinds of perfectionists (adaptive or maladaptive) or as nonperfectionists. A…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 9, High School Students, Classification
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Beg, Mohsan R.; Casey, Joseph E.; Saunders, Cory D. – Assessment, 2007
The purpose of this study was to produce a typology of behavior problems in preschool children. Distinct subtypes were identified through the use of cluster analytic techniques on data from the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC)--Parent Rating Scales. Analyses were based on archival data collected on a sample of 268 children, aged 2 to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Rating Scales, Classification, Preschool Children
Huberty, Carl J.; And Others – 1996
This article illustrates how a cluster analysis can be conducted, validated, and interpreted. Data normed for a behavioral assessment instrument with 14 scales on a nationally representative sample of U.S. school children were utilized. The discussion explores the similarity index, cluster method, cluster typology, cluster validity, cluster…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classification, Cluster Analysis