Investigates the psychometric adequacy of Steers and Braunstein's (1976) Manifest Needs Questionnaire. Research results indicate that the instrument possesses adequate stability but lacks adequate internal consistency. Factor analytic procedures fail to replicate the a priori factor structure. Results are compared with Steers and Braunstein's…

When the mathematics and extended range vocabulary subtests on the Relief Format Assessment Test were factor analyzed, altitude estimation (predicted by mathematics aptitude) and terrain analysis (predicted by vocabulary skills) were found to underly map-reading performance. Solutions were found to be dependent on verbal-analytic ability more than…

Investigated the efficacy of predicting academic achievement as measured by the Wide Range Achievement Test using the factor scores of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised as potential predictors. Results indicated that the freedom from distractibility factor score significantly aided in the prediction of reading and spelling…

Challenges Jensen's arguments (set forth in the book "Bias in Mental Testing") that intelligence tests are scientifically unbiased and that IQ and other mental tests measure something called "intelligence" by refuting Jensen's reading of the psychometric research literature. (EF)

The 1976 Metropolitan Readiness Test was factor analyzed from responses of (N=408) beginning first graders. Results indicated a single general readiness factor, consistent with prior research, best described the battery of eight subtests. This factor was invariant across sex when separate analyses for males and females were compared. (Author)

Compared the scores of reformatory inmates and technical college students on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Psychological Screening Inventory. Two factors accounted for most of the variance. Neuroticism was common to both groups. The second factor in the delinquent group was extraversion. (Author/JAC)

This study sought to determine whether there exist performance distinctions between artists and nonartists on specific two- and three-dimensional nonverbal problems. The factorial structure of scores on ten nonverbal ability tests was analyzed to identify mental process differences between the two groups. (Author/SJL)

Four hundred and eighty-six disadvantaged adults from North Carolina were the subjects in a study that factor-analyzed three instruments designed to measure anomia, yielding a 12-item unidimensional scale. (The refined combination scale is presented as of potential usefulness for research on the effects of educational intervention on anomia.) (LRA)

This study examines interrelationships among several episodic memory tasks, particularly correlations among various attributes of memory: imagery, associative, acoustic, temporal, affective, and frequency. Undergraduates completed 28 episodic memory tests using tasks such as free recall, paired associates, classical recognition, and memory span.…

Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships (PAIR) provides systematic information in five types of intimacy: emotional, social, sexual, intellectual and recreational. PAIR can be used with couples in marital therapy and enrichment groups. (Author)

A computer scan of ACT Assessment records identified 3,427 sets of twins. The Hardy-Weinberg rule was used to estimate the proportion of monozygotic twins in the sample. Matrices of genetic and environmental influences were produced. The heaviest loadings were clearly in the genetic matrix. (SJL)

Two major and two minor principles are shown to serve to generate a large number of multivariate models, including canonical analysis, factor analysis, and latent trait test theory. The statistical underpinnings of the theory are discussed. (Author/JKS)

A selective review of literature on the revised Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R) is presented to relate research results to test interpretation. Included are inferences drawn from factor analyses, subtest specificity, subtest profiles for some exceptional populations assessment of minority group children, and IQ differences…

The purpose of this study is to check on the internal reliability of the Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale with a British population aged 9 to 12 and, by means of a principal components analysis, to contruct a short form of the scale valid for both sexes. (Author)

Factor analyses of the WISC, ITPA, and PIAT, revealed that 85 percent of the total variance of these tests can be accounted for by an abbreviated battery of 12 of the 26 subtests. Results indicated a very tight relationship between academic achievement and academic aptitude, even in underachievers. (Author/SJL)