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An Appraisal of the Validity of the Factor Loadings Employed in the Construction of the Primary Social Attitude Scales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Leonard W. Ferguson  and
Warren R. Lawrence
Leonard W. Ferguson
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
Warren R. Lawrence
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
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Abstract

In this article the authors examine the effect of including alternate test forms in a factor matrix upon the validity of the resultant factor loadings, finding that in this particular instance the effect is negligible. Comparisons of the factor loadings derived from matrices in which only one of the alternate test forms is included with those in which both forms are included reveal practically no difference in the magnitude of either the original or rotated factor loadings, or in that of the computed communalities.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 1942 , pp. 135 - 138
Copyright
Copyright © 1942 The Psychometric Society

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Raised by Dr. Quinn McNemar, Stanford University.

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