THE USE OF A FACTOR-ANALYTIC MODEL FOR ASSESSING THE VALIDITY OF GROUP COMPARISONS

1984 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
GILA HANNA
NASPA Journal ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Lavelle ◽  
Bill Rickford

Models of college student development have demonstrated an insensitivity to the differences that exist among various students, although such differences are very important in a world where student bodies in higher education are increasingly diverse. The authors present a model based on The Dakota Inventory of Student Orientations, which may be useful for program developmen that fosters reflection, self discovery, perspective-taking, and collaboration among students with varying orientations towards learning.


1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Hickey ◽  
Stephen M. Bragg ◽  
William Rakowski ◽  
David F. Hultsch

The factor analytic model of the practitioner-oriented Opinions About People (OAP) was tested with a population of gerontological practitioners (N = 558). A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to ascertain the degree-of-fit between these data and the published OAP factor model. After results supported the hypothesis that the two samples differed, a second factor analysis was designed to yield estimates of communalities by a least squares multiple regression technique. This analysis eliminated nine items not warranting inclusion in the instrument, redistributed the factors, and brought out a completely new factor. Finally, to test the hypothesis that attitudes toward aging and the aged are uncorrected, a third analysis was performed in which the six scales of the oblique solution were refactored. The resulting higher order dimensions tended to support this hypothesis.


Methodology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 150-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pere J. Ferrando

This study develops a general linear model intended for personality and attitude items with (approximately) continuous responses that is based on a double source of measurement error: items and persons. Two restricted sub-models are then obtained from the general model by placing restrictions on the item and person parameters. And it follows that the standard unidimensional factor-analytic model is one of these sub-models. Procedures for (a) calibrating the items, (b) obtaining individual estimates of location and fluctuation, (c) assessing model-data fit, and (d) assessing measurement precision are discussed for all the models considered, and illustrated with two empirical examples in the personality domain.


1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 707-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Shevlin ◽  
Brendan P. Bunting ◽  
Christopher Alan Lewis

Rosenberg's Self-esteem Scale is a widely used measure of global self-esteem; however, the unidimensional nature of the scale has been questioned. A unidimensional confirmatory factor analytic model was tested and found consistent to the data.


1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-374
Author(s):  
Herbert Horowitz

Sociometric scores were obtained for 1,437 male and 1,505 female students in eight high schools throughout the U. S. Four scores were obtained for each student: attractiveness to members of the same sex, attractiveness to members of the opposite sex, rejection by members of the same sex, and rejection by members of the opposite sex. Correlations among these scores and factor analysis showed that popularity scores were independent of rejection scores. The implications of these results for factor analytic model construction were discussed.


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