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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Measurement of Creativity: A Factor Analytic Study

1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 819-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence L. Belcher ◽  
James J. Rubovits ◽  
Peter A. Dimeo
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Search Process ◽  
Cognitive Variables ◽  
Personal Variables ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study

To examine the inter-relationships among 10 representative tests of creativity 108 college students, ranging from sophomore to graduate status, completed all 10 tests which represented the personality-motivational variables and the process/cognitive variables involved in creativity. It was hypothesized that with a multifaceted view of creativity, the personal variables would be independent of measures of cognitive process. This hypothesis was partially supported. Orthogonal varimax factor analysis yielded five independent groups of creativity tests. One factor involved a logical convergent search process while three factors involved divergent thinking tests. The last factor involved tests of personal characteristics. Results tended to suggest that a “creativity test” does not exist. The underlying assumptions of creativity tests should be questioned and examined further.

Communicative styles of mothers interacting with their preschool-age children: a factor analytic study

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
SASKIA KLOTH ◽  
PEGGY JANSSEN ◽  
FLORIS KRAAIMAAT ◽  
GENE J. BRUTTEN
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Structural Organization ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Coding System ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study ◽  
Preschool Age Children ◽  
Direct Pressure ◽  
Verbal Control

The aim of this study was to determine if mothers display identifiably different communicative styles in their interaction with their normally developing two- to five-year-old children. In order to investigate this issue an extensive coding system was developed, which assessed the structural organization and the communicative function of the speech of 71 mothers as they interacted with their children. By means of factor analysis three maternal communicative styles were distinguished: non-intervening, explaining and directing. In the non-intervening style there is no direct pressure from the mother on the child to respond verbally. The explaining mother is primarily concerned with providing information to her child in a way that gives the child little opportunity to take the speaking turn. The directing mother is mainly engaged in directing the child's behaviour by means of verbal control. The internal consistency of the three communicative styles appeared to be both satisfactory and related to relevant child and mother features.

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