Studied the reliability and validity of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC) with 443 adolescents with Substance Use Disorder and adolescents with anxiety disorder. A confirmatory factor analysis showed that a three-factor model fit the data better than a two-factor model. Discusses other findings, which indicate the STAIC is…

Proposes a model of kindergartners' development of literacy resources. States that, throughout the year, kindergartners completed tasks similar to those typically used in their different instructional programs, and factor analysis identified five factors for use in a path analysis. Finds various factors influenced outcome variables, represented by…

Studies 1 and 2 explored the factor structure of the Approaches to Work Questionnaire (AWQ) and Workplace Climate Questionnaire (n=305, n=172). Study 3 tested scales and structure of the revised AWQ, identifying three factors: deep, surface-rational, and surface-disorganized workplace learning. Workplace Climate Questionnaire components were good…

Conducts a factor analysis to determine listening barriers perceived as most frequently affecting the listening effectiveness among business college students. Finds the presence of six listening barriers, with the barrier "listen primarily for details or facts" as the most frequently encountered barrier perceived by students. (MM)

Canonical weights and structure correlations are used to construct low dimensional views of the relationships between two sets of variables. These views, in the form of biplots, display familiar statistics: correlations between pairs of variables, and regression coefficients. (SLD)

Provides a conceptual basis for understanding factor analysis as an analytical technique. Illustrates the basic concepts of factor analysis through Edward L. Rainbow's data from a study of variables influencing students' musical aptitude. Suggests that this technique is most appropriate in music applications where the interrelationships between…

A Monte Carlo study determined the Inverse Scree Test's shape with various numbers of true groups and under different conditions of distribution shape and sample size. Six simulated distributions of 3,000 subjects each and 1 with 1,500 were created. Findings suggest relative distribution independence, number independence, and modest…

A telephone survey of 129 Iowa adults who had not completed high school determined reasons for lack of participation in adult basic education. Factor analysis of 32 reasons yielded 4 interpretable factors: low perception of need, perceived effort, dislike of school, and situational barriers. Low perception correlated with age and situational…

Homogeneity analysis (multiple correspondence analysis), which is usually applied to "k" separate variables, was applied to sets of variables by using sums within sets. The resulting technique, OVERALS, uses optimal scaling. The corresponding OVERALS computer program minimizes a least squares loss function via an alternating least…

Investigated factor structure of the Stanford-Binet Fourth Edition using collaboration matrix from the standardization sample of 1,695 children aged 2 through 6 years, 1,586 children aged 7 through 11 years, and 1,728 participants aged 12 through 23 years. The results revealed the large first factor that resembled general intelligence, with little…

To deterine whether three empirically derived factors of Oddi Continuing Learning Inventory (OCLI) remain across study samples, factor scores pairs were generated by using factor-score coefficients of two data sets and correlating factor scores. High positive correlations indicated three derived factors in factor structure matrix matched those…

The comparability of seven sets of factor structure studies reported in previous research with the Bem Sex-Role Inventory was evaluated. The inventory's primary factors were reproduced in the studies, although the masculine scale was somewhat less invariant than was the feminine counterpart. (SLD)

A simple procedure for establishing convergent and discriminant validity is presented, as an alternative to the LISREL-based nested model used by R. P. Bagozzi (1978) and K. F. Widaman (1985). Ordinary least-squares regression is used, with the correlation between measures as the dependent variable. (SLD)

Focusing on linear interpolation, an accurate method of implementing parallel analysis, this article contains tables of 95th percentile eigenvalues from random data than can be used with sample sizes of 50 to 500 subjects and between 5 and 50 variables. An empirical example illustrates how to obtain the eigenvalues. (SLD)

Six community workers' interviews were subjected to vocabulary scanning; factorial analysis graphics plotted words most frequently used. The workers' world views and understanding of social change emerged. One group favored local development, planned change, a facilitator role, and collaboration. The other preferred a social action model of…