Insight into the patterns of leisure time usage may lead to a better understanding of the relationships between work and leisure and other aspects of an individual's life. A five-factor model was developed to explicate individual motivations for leisure pursuits. (JN)

College women were given questionnaires designed to measure aspects of social competence. Scores were factor analyzed. Loadings obtained from samples suggested three major dimensions: hetereosexual anxiety, social self-esteem, and dating activity. Oblique rotation indicated that the factors were highly interrelated. (Author/BEF)

The invariance of factor structures in the Guilford Zimmerman Temperament Survey is clearly evident. Basic personality structure appears little affected by social and historical change. Results favor the stability model for objectively measured personality traits in adult males. (JAC)

Canadian and American education students rated each of four teacher types in terms of 24 characteristics. The ratings were factor-analyzed and the teacher types arrayed along the four resultant-principal components. Dissonance theory suggests that findings have implications for teacher education and for student ratings of teachers. (Author)

A study involving 500 undergraduates in a clothing and textile course identified five factors seen as central components of clothing interest: concern with personal appearance, experimenting with appearance, heightened awareness of clothes, clothing as enhancement of security, and clothing as enhancement of individuality. (JH)

This paper demonstrates how the problem of calibrating measures can be formulated in terms of confirmatory factor analysis. The relationships between traditional approaches and a confirmatory factor approach are specified. (Author/CTM)

This inventory measures sex guilt, hostility guilt, and morality-conscience guilt. Analyses indicate the appropriateness of a simple present-absent scoring system. Internal structure of each subscale is complex. Intercorrelations of scores are larger for males. (Author/BEF)

A multivariate post hoc procedure (the Roy-Bose procedure) which allows for the construction of an infinite number of confidence intervals or probability statements concerning the p variables, all of which hold at a 100(1-a) percent level of confidence, is demonstrated and compared to other procedures. (JD)

Examined the dimensionality of the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale. Factors were identified and labeled as Mathematics Text Anxiety and Numerical Anxiety. Factor-derived scales were developed and correlated with five specific anxiety scales and an arithmetic test. (Author)

The rationale underlying the construction of the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI), and the psychometric properties of the resulting instrument are examined in two studies. Subjects were graduate students of education. (Author/MP)

Describes study to determine if the Endeavor Instructional Rating Form (EIRF) and the Purdue Instructor and Course Appraisal: CAFETERIA System can be used in a course that employs an innovative instructional model. Results indicate that both instruments are effective for course and instructor evaluation. (Author/KC)

Hierarchical cluster analysis is shown to be an effective method for forming scales from sets of items. Comparisons with factor analytic techniques suggest that hierarchical analysis is superior in some respects for scale construction. (Author/JKS)

Finds that one factor of the "Preschool Attainment Record" (PAR) accounts for 69 percent of the variance, indicating the need for standardization of the PAR. (RL)

Factor scale scores are sometimes used as weights to create composite variables representing the variables included in a factor analysis. If these composite variables are then used to predict some dependent variable, serious theoretical and methodological problems arise. This paper explores these problems and suggests strategies for circumventing…