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Costello, Robert J.; Dunham, Jack L. – 1971
Traditionally, studies investigating the relationship between mental abilities tests and performance on learning tasks have attempted to establish a direct relationship between these two domains by use of factor analytic techniques. It is suggested that an alternative approach can be formulated in terms of an information processing analysis of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedLarson, James R., Jr. – American Educational Research Journal, 1979
Factor analysis is of limited value in investigating the influence of students' implicit theories about teachers' behaviors on student evaluations of teachers. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Models


