Standards of decision regarding personality factors in questionnaires. |
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Authors: | DeYoung, Gerrit E. Howarth, Edgar Browne, James A. |
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Abstract: | ![]() In a previous study, E. Howarth and J. Browne (see record 1971-29076-001) factor analyzed personality questionnaire items and concluded that the primary personality structure found by J. Guilford and R. Cattell should be reevaluated according to independent item-factoring. DeYoung criticizes this study for not meeting adequate standards regarding (a) decision as to the number of factors, (b) choice of communalities, and (c) rotation. DeYoung supports the marker structure found by Cattell. In a separate article, Howarth and Browne justify their methodology and refute DeYoung's position. (16 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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