This study described an explicit multidimensional scaling (MDS) model for profile data, the Profile Analysis via Multidimensional Scaling (PAMS) model. It also illustrated the application of this model to the study of the structure of cognitive ability patterns using the Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-Revised (WJPB-R; 1989; 1991) and…

Two studies focused on the reliability and validity of T.M. Singelis's 24-item Self-Construal Scale (SCS) (1994). In the first study, Cronbach alphas were calculated to assess the internal consistency of the reliability of the two subscales that were supposed to measure individuals' independent and interdependent self construals. The sample was…

The primary goal of this study was to investigate the underlying structure of the Differential Ability Scales (DAS) using Exploratory Principal Axis Factoring (PAF) with 62 nonclinical preschoolers. While previous factor analyses of the DAS Core subtests revealed the derivation of two distinct factors, the current results revealed only one factor,…

A cross validation study was conducted using data from white, rural seventh graders to investigate the stability of the construct validity of a model of eight conditions that are purported to support adolescent academic aspirations. A factor analytic study examined GEAR-UP survey data from 4,365 students across two consecutive years. In…

Studied relationships between self-concept measures of disadvantaged mothers and their children, using canonical and factor analyses. (DP)

The purpose of the present study was to determine to what extent the results of Smith's test can be generalized to other essay rating situations. The test measured teachers' attitudes about the characteristics of good writing. (Author/RK)

In this article, the author discusses the application of factor analysis as a technique in the investigation of multidimensional educational problems and presents the results of one such application. (Editor)

The JEPI was re-analysed by item, factor and cluster analysis. (Editor)

A rationale is provided for hypothesizing that a counterpart of the social desirability variable influences environmental ratings based on student perceptions, and a test is made of the hypothesis. (Editor)

Special cases of the factor analysis model are developed for four selection situations. Methods are suggested whereby parameters in each case can be estimated using a maximum likelihood procedure recently developed by Joreskog. (Author)

The aims of this paper are to affirm the importance of developing sequential models of psychological process-particularly of such complex psychological phenomena of prime concern to theory and application as learning, problem solving, and creativity-and to argue that factor analysis has delineated component processes for these sequential models.…

A principal components analysis was conducted to determine whether the measures of essays made by the computer could be grouped into factors. Six factors (fluency, spelling, diction, sentence structure, punctuation, and paragraphing) were identified. (Author)

The associations from phoneme to grapheme appeared to be considerably easier than the associations from grapheme to phoneme. (Authors)

An investigation of certain chance and systematic factors affecting the grades assigned by 17 law school professors to the answers of 79 law students to a typical essay question. (Authors/MB)