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Download full textThompson, Bruce – 1998
This paper explains how Q-technique factor analysis can be used to identify types or clusters of people with similar views. Q-technique factor analysis can be implemented with commonly available statistical software such as the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The paper addresses three questions: (1) How many types (factors) of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Factor Analysis, Heuristics, Identification
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Direct linkMeijer, Rob R.; Baneke, Joost J. – Psychological Methods, 2004
The authors discuss the applicability of nonparametric item response theory (IRT) models to the construction and psychometric analysis of personality and psychopathology scales, and they contrast these models with parametric IRT models. They describe the fit of nonparametric IRT to the Depression content scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Psychopathology, Personality Assessment, Nonparametric Statistics
