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Factor Analysis of the ASVAB: Confirming a Vernon-Like Structure.
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Ree, Malcolm James; Carretta, Thomas R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1994
Several confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) with a nationally representative sample of 11,078 subjects. Based on fit indexes, simple structure, and parsimony in parameter estimation, a three-factor hierarchical model was chosen. Two factors resemble those of P. E. Vernon (1969).…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Factor Structure, Goodness of Fit
Higher-Order Abilities Conceptualized within Guilford's Structure-of-Intellect (SOI) Model for a Sample of United States Coast Guard Academy Cadets: A Reanalysis of an SOI Data Base.
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Chen, Chin-Yi; Michael, William B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1993
Empirical validation of the first-order and higher-order factor structures of the structure-of-intellect (SOI) model was provided by reanalysis of a database of 39 measures administered to 178 Coast Guard Cadets. Results suggest that SOI could be reconceptualized as a pyramid-like hierarchical theory of intelligence. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Structures, Correlation