scholarly journals A Factor Analytic Study of the Relation Between the Speed of Visual Perception and the Language Abilities of Deaf Adolescents

1967 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack R. Olson
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Visual Perception ◽  
Correlation Matrix ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Residential Schools ◽  
Language Abilities ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study ◽  
Schools For The Deaf ◽  
Language Measures

Thirty-nine deaf adolescents from two state residential schools for the deaf were administered five visual perceptualtest measures (22 scores) and three language measures (10 scores) to determine whether or not the skills of visual perception were related to language acquisition. The data were converted to a correlation matrix and a factor analysis was performed. The correlation coefficients and the ten factors extracted from this matrix show the measures of visual perception and the language tasks used in this investigation to be positively related.

Factor-Analytic Study of the Maitland Graves Design Judgment Test

1967 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Eysenck
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Analytic Study ◽  
Young Males ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study ◽  
Five Factors

A factor-analysis was carried out of the 90 items of the Maitland Graves Design Judgment Test based on responses from 172 young males. Five factors were found, of which only four could be interpreted.

A Factor Analytic Study of the Items in Three Selected Sex-Role Instruments

1980 ◽  
Vol 46 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1119-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy C. Pearson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Sex Roles ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Analytic Study ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study ◽  
Midwestern University ◽  
Personal Attributes Questionnaire

A factor analysis of items in the Bern Sex-role Inventory, the Personal Attributes Questionnaire, and Heilbrun's Masculinity and Femininity scales yielded 11 factors. College students ( n = 400) at a large midwestern university completed the items from the three instruments. The solution that emerged suggests that sex roles are multidimensional and that masculinity may be more factorially complex.

A Factor-Analytic Study of the Articulation of Selected English Consonants

1972 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 720-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith J. Edwards ◽  
James G. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Single Measure ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study ◽  
Articulation Disorders ◽  
The Common ◽  
Type Factor ◽  
Orthogonal And Oblique Rotations ◽  
Component Scores

This study obtained the results of a factor analysis of speech articulation data for a sample of elementary school children with functional articulation disorders. A principal components type factor analysis yielded 11 factorially distinct components which could be interpreted in terms of the common placement classification of Fairbanks (1960). Seven of the pretest-posttest reliabilities and five of the split-sample reliabilities for the 11 factors exceeded 0.80. There was little difference between components derived from orthogonal and oblique rotations. The findings of this study and of Schutz, Mowrer, and Baker (1964) raise important questions regarding the validity of the concept of phonetic context in articulation testing for classes of phonemes other than the stops. Moreover, the identification of 11 articulation component scores suggests that articulation research using the multivariable approach proposed would provide more accurate, detailed information concerning a student’s articulation proficiency, as well as information regarding relationships among articulation variables which are obscured when a single measure is used.

Dimensionality of the Marital Communication Inventory: A Preliminary Factor Analytic Study

1979 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter R. Schumm ◽  
Charles R. Figley ◽  
Anthony P. Jurich
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Analytic Study ◽  
Marital Communication ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Future Assessment ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study

An abbreviated version of the Marital Communication Inventory was administered to a university sample of 54 married couples in an earlier study. To assess the dimensionality of the scale, the data were analyzed through a common factor analysis with varimax rotation. Results indicate that the inventory does not appear to be unidimensional as has been commonly assumed, but instead appears to be heavily loaded with an element of marital adjustment or conventionality rather than being solely a measure of marital communication. The consequences for previous research and the implications for the future assessment of marital communication by researchers and clinicians are discussed. Guidelines for further investigation of the validity of the inventory are proposed.

A Factor Analytic Study of Religious Motivation

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 457-458
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Wittmann
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Heterogeneous Group ◽  
Analytic Study ◽  
Religious Activity ◽  
Religious Motivation ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study

An extended pool of religious motives was developed by asking a heterogeneous group of 302 volunteers to report three motives for their religious activity. Each of the 905 motives, compared to prior motivational lists, gave a list of 103 non-overlapping religious motives. Then homogeneous motivational dimensions through a factor analysis of the 103 motives were identified by asking 220 individuals to rate the importance of each motive in their own religious activity. Eleven primary factors were extracted.

Factor Analytic Study of the Developmental Test of Visual Perception and the Metropolitan Readiness Test

1971 ◽  
Vol 33 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1331-1334 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. McKinney
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Adequate Description ◽  
Verbal Comprehension ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study ◽  
Age Factor ◽  
Developmental Test ◽  
Metropolitan Readiness Test

The Developmental Test of Visual Perception and the Metropolitan Readiness Test were administered to 75 kindergarten children. The data confirmed the hypothesis of Psychomotor, Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Organization, and Evaluation factors. A tentative Figural Transformations factor as well as a chronological age factor were identified. The results were interpretated as supporting the structure-of-intellect model as an adequate description of the factor structure of the two tests.

scholarly journals Deciphering cattle temperament measures derived from a four-platform standing scale using genetic factor analytic modeling

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haipeng Yu ◽  
Gota Morota ◽  
Elfren F. Celestino ◽  
Carl R. Dahlen ◽  
Sarah A. Wagner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Genetic Correlation ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Genetic Factor ◽  
Genetic Selection ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Qualitative Behavior ◽  
Analytic Modeling ◽  
Factor Analytic

AbstractThe animal’s reaction to human handling (i.e., temperament) is critical for work safety, productivity, and welfare. Subjective phenotyping methods have been traditionally used in beef cattle production. Even so, subjective scales rely on the evaluator’s knowledge and interpretation of temperament, which may require substantial experience. Selection based on such subjective scores may not precisely change temperament preferences in cattle. The objectives of this study were to investigate the underlying genetic interrelationships among temperament measurements using genetic factor analytic modeling and validate a movement-based objective method (four-platform standing scale, FPSS) as a measure of temperament. Relationships among subjective methods of docility score (DS), temperament score (TS), 12 qualitative behavior assessment (QBA) attributes and objective FPSS including the standard deviation of total weight on FPSS over time (SSD) and coefficient of variation of SSD (CVSSD) were investigated using 1,528 calves at weaning age. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) identified two latent variables account for TS and 12 QBA attributes, termed difficult and easy from their characteristics. Inclusion of DS in EFA was not a good fit because it was evaluated under restraint and other measures were not. A Bayesian confirmatory factor analysis inferred the difficult and easy scores discovered in EFA. This was followed by fitting a pedigree-based Bayesian multi-trait model to characterize the genetic interrelationships among difficult, easy, DS, SSD, and CVSSD. Estimates of heritability ranged from 0.18 to 0.4 with the posterior standard deviation averaging 0.06. The factors of difficult and easy exhibited a large negative genetic correlation of −0.92. Moderate genetic correlation was found between DS and difficult (0.36), easy (−0.31), SSD (0.42), and CVSSD (0.34) as well as FPSS with difficult (CVSSD: 0.35; SSD: 0.42) and easy (CVSSD: −0.35; SSD: −0.4). Correlation coefficients indicate selection could be performed with either and have similar outcomes. We contend that genetic factor analytic modeling provided a new approach to unravel the complexity of animal behaviors and FPSS-like measures could increase the efficiency of genetic selection by providing automatic, objective, and consistent phenotyping measures that could be an alternative of DS, which has been widely used in beef production.

scholarly journals Measuring Spiritual Giftedness: A Factor Analytic Study of a Spiritual Gifts Inventory

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark F. Ledbetter ◽  
James D. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Spiritual Gifts ◽  
Analytic Study ◽  
Oblique Rotation ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study ◽  
Three Factor

The evangelical community has seen a recent proliferation of spiritual gifts inventories. These inventories resemble personality measures developed by psychologists and are designed to help individuals identify their spiritual gifts. This study examines the psychometric properties of one such inventory designed to measure 14 spiritual gifts. Thirty-one male and 41 female evangelical college-aged students were administered the Hocking (1975) Spiritual Gifts Inventory. In general, the subscales (i.e., spiritual gifts) showed poor to moderate reliabilities. Interscale factor analysis using an oblique rotation produced a three-factor solution and does not support the ability of this inventory to measure 14 unique gifts. The hermeneutical implications of the three-factor solution and the ethical concerns in using inventories that have not been validated but appear “scientific” are discussed.

Feelings of Inexperienced Therapists in Psychotherapy: A Factor Analytic Study

1976 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-362
Author(s):  
Dennis P. Saccuzzo
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
University Counseling Center ◽  
University Counseling ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study ◽  
Intake Interview ◽  
The Common ◽  
Clinical Psychology Graduate Students ◽  
Intake Session

The Therapy Session Report, a parallel-structured response questionnaire, was utilized to study the feelings of inexperienced therapists. 57 college student applicants at a university counseling center reported on their perceptions of their therapists' feelings immediately following an intake interview. The 19 therapists, clinical psychology graduate students in training, also reported what they felt during the intake session. Factor analysis of patients' perceptions of their therapists' feelings resulted in four factors, the first two accounting for 85% of the common variance. Factor analysis of therapists' perceptions of their own feelings resulted in nine factors. Results suggest that, while patients view their therapists in generally negative or generally positive terms, inexperienced therapists experience considerable affective discomfort during their intake sessions.

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