Cognitive Differentiation Analysis (CDA) represents a method to measure the correspondence of an individual vector or a composite vector of descriptor ratings to a matrix of pair-wise dissimilarity judgments where both sets of judgments are assumed to be ordinal. The zero intercept regression extension of CDA is described. (TJH)

Multidimensional scaling (MDS) and Pathfinder techniques for assessing changes in the structural representation of a knowledge domain were studied with relatedness ratings collected from 72 Spanish college students. Comparison of student and expert similarity measures indicate that MDS and graph theoretic approaches are valid techniques. (SLD)

A stochastic multidimensional scaling procedure is presented for analysis of three-mode, three-way pick any/"J" data. The procedure fits both vector and ideal-point models and characterizes the effect of situations by a set of dimension weights. An application in the area of consumer psychology is discussed. (SLD)

Points of view analysis, as a way to deal with individual differences in multidimensional scaling, was largely supplanted by the weighted Euclidean model. It is argued that the approach deserves new attention, especially as a technique to analyze group differences. A streamlined and integrated process is proposed. (SLD)

Discusses the intellectual structure of the sciences and describes a study that was conducted to test the usefulness of author cocitation analysis for empirically deriving groupings of intellectual leaders in the field of sociology. Results are contrasted with traditional subjective methods of codification of a field. (35 references) (LRW)

Major dimensions affecting clients' acceptance of loneliness-counseling interventions are investigated, and results compared with theoretically posited dimensions. Data were collected from university students (N=241) who sorted interventions for similarity. Four dimensions of interventions resulted: (1) type of activity; (2) counselor/client…

Analyzed queries submitted to the Excite search engine for subject content based on the cooccurrence of terms within multiterm queries; categorized the most frequently cooccurring term pairs into subject areas; used hierarchical cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling to tally subject area frequencies; and discusses implications for Internet…

Describes the development of an anger inventory for adolescent males. Used research which conceptualizes anger as a multidimensional construct and collected data from 202 males from three different schools. Discusses scale development and identifies four factors that accounted for 43.3% of the common variance. Concludes that the 31-item scale has…

Evaluates the similarity of six statistical association measures in information retrieval by comparing the relationship and behavior they demonstrate in analyses of a test corpus. Highlights include comparisons of ranked term pairs and term clusters, multidimensional scaling, and the impact of term frequency on the association values by means of a…

Reports a study that explored the measurement of likely dimensions of commitment to teaching, drawing on commitment theory and conceptualization. Items from the Administrator and Teacher Survey of 1984 were used to analyze factor models of increasing dimensionality. Results indicated that a multidimensional measurement of commitment is warranted.…

Investigates the factor structure of five self-concept scales from a hierarchical, multidimensional theoretical model. The scales were administered to 221 students in grades 5 through 8. Each scale yielded strong general factors and six dominant factors that coincide with the proposed theoretical model, which reflects social, affect, competence,…

In this paper I describe and illustrate the Roussos-Stout (1996) multidimensionality-based DIF analysis paradigm, with emphasis on its implication for the selection of a matching and studied subtest for DIF analyses. Standard DIF practice encourages an exploratory search for matching subtest items based on purely statistical criteria, such as a…

Twenty-five HIV-negative late adolescents (13 women and 12 men) who had lost a parent to AIDS generated vignettes in which the characters were deciding whether to use a condom (condom scripts). Two clinically trained judges rated the interpersonal tone of the condom scripts on 17 semantic differential scales. Three other clinically trained raters…

This study investigates the variations in behaviour displayed by young people who sexually harm, as previous research has shown that they are not a homogeneous sample. Three conceptually distinct sets of behaviour were hypothesized, relating to various modes of interaction between the young people with harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) and their…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the domain specificity of multidimensional motivation and engagement (adaptive cognitions, adaptive behaviors, impeding/maladaptive cognitions, maladaptive behaviors) in mathematics, English and science high school subjects, with an additional focus on three key educational correlates (educational…