The purpose of this study was to relate the factor structure of naval air training measures to the performance of Marine pilots in operational squadrons. Five post-training criteria were developed; four were Commanding Officer (C.O.) nominations of junior officers for hypothetical special assignments, and the fifth was a general…

This study investigated the patterns of: (1) correctly perceived emotions, and (2) erroneously perceived emotions (i.e., those which are in fact perceived, when they are not expressed). It also related perception of emotion to (1) race of perceiver and expressor, and (2) sex perceiver and expressor. The experimental design involved a 2x2x2x2…

The 135 distinct items from the Edward Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) were arranged in a five choice Likert Format and presented to 315 subjects. Factor scales were constructed and correlated with other measures of personality and academic ability. Differences between males and females were tested for significance. The results suggest that…

This study is an analysis of the dimensionality of two scales--Mach IV (a 20-item Likert-type) and Mach V (a 20-item forced-choice-type)--commonly used in the measurement of Machiavellianism, a variable which many interpersonal communication researchers view with increasing interest. Data for this investigation was collected from 246…

The thesis investigates the characteristics of effective teaching as perceived by students at the Naval Postgraduate School. Principal components factor analysis is used to extract the characteristics from observations on an 86 variable questionnaire form designed by Hildebrand and Wilson. The characteristics are then used as a basis for a short…

The Student Evaluation of Teacher II (SET II), the new instrument presented in this manual, is designed for use in securing student evaluations of teachers below the fourth grade or, with disadvantaged students, through the sixth grade. The manual describes the history, nature, and difficulties of the student evaluation of teachers movement and…

This report is on one aspect of a study that is trying to provide a reference basis for different researchers in their combined efforts to conceptualize and develop a theory and structure of human abilities and temperament. Specifically, the study is directed toward the identification of tests and other instruments that can serve as markers for…

Component scores for the Basic Interest Scales (BIS) and the Occupational Scales (O-S) of the revised Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Women (TW 398) were separately developed and intercorrelated along with standardized composite scores representing each of the eleven Groups of Occupational scales on the profile. The dimensionality of the BIS…

This study was undertaken to determine the degree of factorial invariance that exists in a battery of predictor variables commonly used in the selection of applicants for dental school. The following variables were used in the analyses performed: 13 subscores from the Dental Aptitude Test Battery, Overall QPA, Required Courses QPA, years of…

The Instructional Process Analysis Project (IPA) is a study jointly undertaken by the Nordic countries in 1967. The present study discusses a methodological problem area of very narrow scope within the IPA project. The general aim of the study is to examine the factor-analytical method of sequence analysis and to produce variables that measure the…

Factor analysis of teacher rating scales has often identified components which focus on the instructor's respective roles as actor and interactor. A total of 208 Purdue University instructors were rated by their students on the Course-Instructor Evaluation form in an attempt to: (1) determine the relationships between specific and global items,…

An instrument was developed and tested which would measure intermediate interaction behavior in small-group communication. The study was designed to uncover the several dimensions of such behavior and produce a reliable, valid measure for each dimension that would yield data amenable to parametric statistical analysis. Analysis of two experiments…

The results of an investigation into some special cases of the general "orthomax" formulation are presented. In particular, the effects of manipulating a parameter in this formulation on various aspects of factor solutions are identified through the use of four sets of data, varying considerably in size, and reliability and factorial complexity of…

This study was undertaken to broaden the scope of the components of the "New Left" Scale, first developed by Christie et al. at Columbia College (1969), by including students from a U.S. university not known for its activism and responses given by a sample of Japanese college students. In short, U. S. and Japanese students both agreed…

Procrustes rotation involves fitting a factor pattern matrix to a specified target matrix in factor analysis. These rotations are useful for the investigator who wishes to see how well his data can be made to fit a hypothesized factor pattern matrix. The mathematical problems involved in these transformations are outlined and computer algorithms…