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Hill, Timothy D.; And Others – 1983
The classification of intelligence has been a prime interest to many for over three-quarters of a century. The Wechsler scales of intelligence and the development of factor analysis have both played major roles in the shaping of psychometric thought. An examination of this joint history by means of a review of the factor analytic studies of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedWhite, Margaret B.; Hall, Alfred E. – Educational Horizons, 1980
This article briefly traces the development of intelligence testing from its beginnings in 1905 with Alfred Binet; cites the intelligence theories of Spearman, Thurstone, and Guilford; and examines current objections to intelligence tests in terms of what they test and how they are interpreted. (SJL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational History, Factor Analysis, Group Testing
Peer reviewedSiegel, Linda S. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1995
Responds to "The Bell Curve" by arguing that IQ is merely a statistical fiction, an artificial construct not corresponding to any real entity. Discusses the "seductive statistical trap of factor analysis" as it relates to IQ tests, multiple intelligences, content and bias of IQ tests, lack of validity of IQ tests for individual…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Factor Analysis, Individual Differences, Intelligence
Peer reviewedLarson, James R., Jr. – American Educational Research Journal, 1979
Factor analysis is of limited value in investigating the influence of students' implicit theories about teachers' behaviors on student evaluations of teachers. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Models
Download full textEducational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1964
This conference focuses upon various aspects of testing within a society, and upon technical advances in measurement. Philip H. DuBois's paper deals with China, a society dominated by tests, from 1115 BC--1905 AD. Donald W. Fiske discusses the effect of testing on the individual in modern America in his paper, "The Subject Looks at…
Descriptors: Asian History, Culture Fair Tests, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
