The subscales of the How I See Myself Scale were originally established by using a principal components analysis on item scores for a sample of 4,217 elementary school children in grades three to six. A re-analysis of the same data using a common factor solution (using test communalities instead of units in the major diagonal of the correlation…

Commonality analysis is an attempt to understand the relative predictive power of the regressor variables, both individually and in combination. The squared multiple correlation is broken up into elements assigned to each individual regressor and to each possible combination of regressors. The elements have the property that the appropriate sums…

The scores of 79 second-grade pupils on the Ravens Colored Progressive Matrices and the Bender Gestalt were factor-analyzed using six different factor-analytic procedures. Sex, age, and vocabulary test scores were included in the analysis as marker variables. The original factor solutions were subjected to oblique transformation and the…

This review of factor analyses in research concerned with personality and interest measurement is presented in two main sections. Part I contains the reviews of the analyses, for each of which the following information is provided: (1) the full reference to the article describing the analysis and to the source of the data used if the data were…

The logical structure of the Campbell and Fiske multitrait-multimethod approach is applied to the problem of studying growth and its determinants. The resulting model is a special case of Joreskog's general model for the analysis of covariance structures. The relationships of traditional psychometric formulations to this model are detailed.…

An exact multivariate analysis for troublesome repeated measures designs has been described by Bock and programmed by Finn. The method is applied to digit span from an actual experiment involving first-grade pupils in an inner-city school and a suburban school in Canada. The repeated measures are first transformed by an orthogonal matrix derived…

The seven Scales of Self-Regard for Preschool Children are based on a model which indicates that the personality element "Self" is composed of seven, separable and measurable components. This study addresses itself to the separability of the components assessed by the seven scales. The sample for this study came from the 1975 field test.…

The Barber Scales of Self-Regard for Preschool Children resulted from a personality model specifying seven measurable and separate components resulting in self-image. The following are the scale titles: (1) purposeful learning of skills, (2) completing tasks, (3) coping with fears, (4) children's responses to requests, (5) dealing with…

Research on the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) is reviewed, including the relationship of Memory Quotient to Full Scale IQ. Despite its limitations, WMS has been a sensitive test of short-term memory, which may be helpful in identifying dominant (left) temporal lobe impairment. (Author/SJL)

Aims of this study were to determine whether the factor structure produced in earlier research by Kear-Colwell (1973, 1977) on the Wechsler Memory Scale could be replicated in a non-patient population (most research uses patient populations) and also to examine the effects of age, sex, and social class on the performance of normal adults on this…

Three aptitude factor scores for each of 2,985 college bound urban high school seniors were used to compare patterns and levels of performance by sex and ethnic group membership. Significant differences in levels of performance between Blacks, Hispanics, Caucasian Jewish, and Caucasian Gentile were found on factors labeled Verbal, Reasoning, and…

Three self-report self concept tests were administered to intermediate grade children. The subscales were clustered into three facets representing physical, social, and academic self concept. Some degree of construct validity was established, but discriminant validity was not. There was little evidence for the existence of separate facets of self…

Speeded cognitive processing tasks involving card sorting and reaction time were administered to 141 young adults aged 18 to 33 and to 142 elderly adults aged 58 to 73. Confirmatory factor analysis was unsuccessful, but independent analyses revealed different factors for the two age groups. (Author/GDC)

Local norming data from the Brief Index of Adaptive Behavior are presented, as are construct and concurrent validity data. Participants in three studies were 430 children. Factor analytic results from Study 1 yielded an easily interpreted three-factor solution; conventional item analysis techniques yielded significant item-domain and item-total…

This study investigates the nature and the factor structure of infant intelligence. The Bayley Mental Scale items were administered. According to the analysis, intelligence at any age is a set of separate mental abilities at each age, and there are a variety of paths through which mental development occurs. (JAZ)