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Schmitt, Thomas A.; Sass, Daniel A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2011
Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) has long been used in the social sciences to depict the relationships between variables/items and latent traits. Researchers face many choices when using EFA, including the choice of rotation criterion, which can be difficult given that few research articles have discussed and/or demonstrated their differences.…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Factor Analysis, Correlation, Criteria
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Fossati, Andrea; Raine, Adrian; Borroni, Serena; Bizzozero, Alice; Volpi, Elisa; Santalucia, Iolanda; Maffei, Cesare – Psychological Assessment, 2009
Five independent studies were used to test the hypothesis that a reliable 2-factor structure underlies the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ) items and that the 2 scales show distinct patterns of association with personality and bullying behavior measures. Study 1 (N = 1,447) gave evidence of a clear 2-factor structure of RPQ items…
Descriptors: Bullying, Aggression, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
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Petscher, Yaacov; Li, Huijun – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2008
The Gifted Rating Scales-School Form (GRS-S) has been validated in several countries; however, no study has examined the rater invariance of this measure. The present study built on previous validity studies and examined configural and metric invariance between parent and teacher raters using the Chinese version of the GRS-S Teacher and Parent…
Descriptors: Gifted, Testing, Validity, Factor Structure
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Yang, Weiwei; Stokes, Garnett S.; Hui, C. Harry – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2005
This study evaluated Holland's (1973, 1985, 1997) structural hypotheses--circular order and circumplex--in two populations in China at both the subtest (Activities, Competencies, Occupational Preferences, and Self-ratings on Abilities) and the entire test levels of the Self-Directed Search (SDS; Holland, 1994). Confirmatory factor analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Interests, Factor Structure, Cross Cultural Studies