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Burger, Gary K. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1975
The purpose of this research was to study the feasibility of estimating the major CPI factors directly from CPI scale scores and to determine whether such estimates of factor scores could be used to formulate personality types. (Author)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Personality Assessment, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology
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Burdsal, C. A.; Vaughn, D. S. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1974
Discusses study involving parcels of homegenous items as opposed to item factoring. (SDH)
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Analysis, Item Analysis, Personality Assessment
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Howarth, Edgar – British Journal of Psychology, 1976
Instead of 12 factors, as originally specified in Cattell's foundation "personality sphere" studies of 30 years ago, it is herein suggested that possibly six clear-cut factors might have been extracted originally. The implications of this are examined, accompanied with recommendations for more accurate delineation of personality factors…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Factor Analysis, Personality Assessment, Personality Studies
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Collins, Hardin A.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Attempts to determine whether different types of MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) profiles occur for heroin abusers and, if they existed, to describe them. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Classification, Drug Abuse, Factor Analysis, Flow Charts
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Kline, Paul; Storey, Ron – British Journal of Psychology, 1978
The Dynamic Personality Inventory purports to measure the tendencies, sublimations, reaction-formations, and defence mechanisms associated with the various patterns of psychosexual development and contains 33 scales, constructed from factor analyses of inter-item correlations, of high reliability. This study attempts to determine its validity,…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Individual Characteristics, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment
Kleban, Morton H.; And Others – 1975
This paper explores Q-Factor Analysis as a method of organizing data on a large array of variables to describe a group of aged Ss. Forty-seven males, specially selected for their good health (Mean Age: 71.5; SD: 4.8) were measured on 550 biological and behavioral variables. A Q-Factor Analysis was calculated, using a S by variable matrix, which is…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Geriatrics, Health, Measurement Techniques
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Victor, James B. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1976
Seven dimensions of teacher attitudes about the educative process and four personality variables were studied over four samples of candidates for an intern teaching program. Three factors combining teacher beliefs and personality variables were consistently formed over samples. Discusses the multidimensional nature of the beliefs and proposes…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Factor Analysis, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment
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Ferrando, Pere J.; Lorenzo-Seva, Urbano – Psychological Methods, 2005
This article describes a general item response theory-based factor analytic procedure that allows assessment of the equivalence between 2 administrative modes of a questionnaire: paper and pencil, and Internet based. The theoretical relations between the present procedure and other methods used in previous empirical research are shown, and the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Item Response Theory, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
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Lemery, Kathryn S.; Essex, Marilyn J.; Smider, Nancy A. – Child Development, 2002
This study examined whether item overlap, or measurement confounding, accounts for the correlation between temperament and behavior problem symptoms in children. Experts rated items on Children's Behavior Questionnaire and Preschool Behavior Questionnaire for their fit to both constructs, and then these items were factor analyzed with longitudinal…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Children, Error of Measurement
Kishton, Joseph; Starrett, Raymond H. – 1983
Ego development data were collected from two groups of subjects. One group consisted of 175 students from junior high, senior high, and college. The second group was comprised of 136 adults who were either teachers and administrators of a medium-sized public school system, or long-time employees of a large chemical manufacturing corporation.…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
Stricker, Lawrence J; And Others – 1972
This study's aim was to assess the validity of naive subjects' implicit personality theories, the correspondence among the theories, and the influence of social desirability on them. High school girls classified the items from the MMPI Psychopathic Deviate scale into clusters representing different traits. These clusters agreed closely with the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Females, High School Seniors, High School Students