Multitrait-Multimethod analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to investigate differences in Likert, Thurstone, and Semantic Differential techniques. Results indicated that these measurement techniques are not completely interchangeable. (JKS)

A summary and interpretation of the recent literature on the indeterminancy of factor scores is given in simple terms. A good index of factor score determinancy is the squared multiple correlation of the factor with the observed variables. (Author)

Though most social psychologists are aware of the use of factor analysis as an exploratory method to uncover latent dimensions, factor analysis can also be used in a confirmatory mode to test specific hypothesis. Jaccard, Weber, and Lundmark's (1975) multitrait-multimethod matrix of two traits and four methods is analyzed using confirmatory factor…

A unified approach to model building is developed from the separate techniques of regression, simulation, and factorial design. The methodology is applied in the context of a suburban school district. (Author/LS)

This Analysis yielded three relatively independent and psychologically meaningful factors: Introversion, Social Maladjustment, and Emotional Maladjustment. These factors have a substantial general correspondence to certain Psychological Screening Inventory scales, although it was not possible to define a five-factor solution that corresponded…

One aim of the present study was to discriminate among three models relating dreams and daydreams together and the revelation of distinct styles of daydreaming. (Author/RK)

Reports an attempt to develop a comprehensive instrument for the analysis and quantitative measurement of organizational characteristics within elementary and secondary schools. Both elementary and secondary factor profiles are reported with concomitant research findings drawn from empirical analysis of the data. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to identify the factorial composition of 55 characteristics of the subjects. These characteristics were assessed by a self-report inventory containing 55 items pertaining to drug use and alleged related areas of drug use. (Author)

Author presents an illustration of a general method of factor matrix analysis, a versatile tool for the comparative study of systems of educational thought, analogous to the comparative methods, using categorical constructs, that are now widely recognized as fundamental in the behavioral sciences. (Author/CB)

This article discusses fundamental principles of design and interpretation of factorial studies in an effort to minimize blatant misuses of the factor analysis technique. The article concludes with several recommendations for improving the design of factor analytic studies in rehabilitation. (Author)

The present study was designed to investigate the hypothesis that in two-sibling families the presence of an older sister is related to the younger brother's subsequent sexual behavior, sexual interests, attitudes, and problems as measured by a self-report sex questionnaire. (Authors)

This study demonstrated that it is possible to determine the relationship between factors in a factor analysis and variables external to the analysis itself. The primary result was to show that the general factor in WAIS intelligence is impaired by brain damage. (Author)