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Torres, Mario S.; Qin, Lixia – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2017
This study explored attitudes and perceptions of Chinese high school students regarding freedom of expression in their country. A survey capturing perceptions over various forms of free speech (e.g., student publication, dress code) was administered to a sample of 838, which included students from both urban and rural areas within Shaanxi Province…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Freedom of Speech
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Tinsley, Howard E. A.; Tinsley, Diane J. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1987
Explains factor analysis, discussing its relation to other multivariate techniques and describing characteristics of the data to consider in determining the appropriateness of factor analysis. Reviews considerations in making decisions about communality estimates, factor extraction, the number of factors to rotate, methods of factor rotation,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Correlation, Counseling, Factor Analysis
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Fassinger, Ruth E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1987
Presents and illustrates structural equation modeling (multivariate analysis with latent variables, also called causal modeling or covariance structure analysis), discussing issues and problems related to the use of this methodology, possible applications of structural equation modeling to counseling psychology research, and resources for further…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Correlation, Counseling, Factor Analysis
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Borgen, Fred H.; Barnett, David C. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1987
Provides an example to illustrate the clustering approach. Discusses the variety of approaches in clustering; choice of cluster analytic techniques; the steps in cluster analysis; the data features such as level, shape, and scatter, that affect cluster results; alternate clustering methods and their relative effectiveness; and applications of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cluster Analysis, Counseling, Factor Analysis