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Download full textMcMurray, Mary Anne – 1987
This paper illustrates the transformation of a raw data matrix into a matrix of associations, and then into a factor matrix. Factor analysis attempts to distill the most important relationships among a set of variables, thereby permitting some theoretical simplification. In this heuristic data, a correlation matrix was derived to display…
Descriptors: Correlation, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Goodness of Fit
Schmitt, Alicia P.; Crocker, Linda – 1984
This study investigates the relationship between an examinee's test anxiety level, degree of person fit, and ability. Three major types of person fit indices measure the degree of unusual response patterns: norm comparison indices; goodness-of-fit indices; and extended indices. Five different person fit indices were calculated for the results of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Attention, Goodness of Fit
