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Peer reviewedDavison, Mark L.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1996
Results of profile analysis via multidimensional scaling (PAMS), a technique for studying the most prominent profiles in a battery of measures, are reported for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised (WAIS) and the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB). PAMS profiles and the methodological features of the PAMS approach are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Intelligence Tests, Multidimensional Scaling, Profiles
Download full textDavison, Mark L. – 1981
Academic psychology has long been composed of two disciplines, one experimental and one correlational. These two disciplines each developed their own method of studying structure in data: multidimensional scaling (MDS) and factor analysis. Both methods use similar kinds of input data, proximity measures on object pairs. Both represent the object…
Descriptors: Ability, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Factor Analysis
