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How Valid is the PASS Theory and CAS?
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Naglieri, Jack A. – School Psychology Review, 1999
Responds to Kranzler and Keith (this issue) by providing data from a data-driven approach that suggests the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) has validity. Provides evidence that the interpretation of the planning, attention, simultaneous and successive (PASS Scales) theory described in the "CAS Interpretive Handbook" is well supported.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis, Intelligence Tests
Doing the Four-Step Right.
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Mulaik, Stanley A.; Millsap, Roger E. – Structural Equation Modeling, 2000
Defends the four-step approach to structural equation modeling based on testing sequences of models and points out misunderstandings of opponents of the approach. The four-step approach allows the separation of respective constraints within a structural equation model. (SLD)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Research Methodology, Structural Equation Models
Assessing Intimacy: The Pair Inventory.
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Schaefer, Mark T.; Olson, David H. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1981
Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships (PAIR) provides systematic information in five types of intimacy: emotional, social, sexual, intellectual and recreational. PAIR can be used with couples in marital therapy and enrichment groups. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis
Visualizing Knowledge Domains.
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Borner, Katy; Chen, Chaomei; Boyack, Kevin W. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 2003
Reviews visualization techniques for scientific disciplines and information retrieval and classification. Highlights include historical background of scientometrics, bibliometrics, and citation analysis; map generation; process flow of visualizing knowledge domains; measures and similarity calculations; vector space model; factor analysis;…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Classification, Cluster Analysis, Factor Analysis
Questions about Behavioral Function in Mental Illness (QABF-MI): A Behavior Checklist for Functional Assessment of Maladaptive Behavior Exhibited by Individuals with Mental Illness
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Singh, Nirbhay N.; Matson, Johnny L.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Ashvind N.; Adkins, Angela D.; McKeegan, Gerald F.; Brown, Stephen W. – Behavior Modification, 2006
The Questions About Behavioral Function (QABF), a 25-item rating scale, was developed to identify the function(s) of maladaptive behavior in individuals with developmental disabilities. The authors adapted it for use with individuals with serious mental illness who engage in maladaptive behavior and assessed the psychometric characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Rating Scales, Developmental Disabilities
Delimiting the Sydney Speech Community.
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Horvath, Barbara; Sankoff, David – Language in Society, 1987
Suggests the use of principal components analysis as an alternative solution to the problem of grouping speakers by sociological characteristics prior to quantitative analysis. An example is presented of its application to vowel variation data collected as part of a sociolinguistic survey of English in Sydney, Australia. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Classification, English, Ethnic Groups, Factor Analysis