Maximum likelihood factor analysis of natural arthropod infestations in stored grain bulks

1970 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. N. Sinha ◽  
P. J. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Stored Grain ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis ◽  
Grain Bulks

Validity of Higher-Order Ability Constructs in Structure-of-Intellect Tests All Involving Semantic Content and Operations of Cognition or Evaluation: A Confirmatory Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis

1985 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Mace ◽  
William B. Michael ◽  
Dennis Hocevar
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Semantic Content ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis ◽  
Practical Standpoint ◽  
Order Factor ◽  
Structure Of Intellect

Through use of confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis in conjunction with the LISREL V computer program devised by Jöreskog and Sörbom, an evaluation was made of the validity of higher-order ability constructs in structure-of-intellect tests all containing semantic content and operations of cognition or evaluation. The hypothesized first-, second-, and third-order factors were all reproducible with every one of the estimated factor loadings being significant beyond the .01 level. Although the first- and second-order factors were shown to be reproducible and statistically separable, the high intercorrelations among the six first-order product factors and the two second-order operations factors would suggest from a practical standpoint that the single third-order factor of semantic content would constitute a plausible alternative for accounting for much of the covariance among the test variables.

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