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Peer reviewedHorst, Paul – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
Author presents a method for calculating item factor scores which are independent of item trait scores. (MB)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Item Analysis, Mathematical Models, Measurement
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During early attempts to interpret factors represented in scores on the Gumpgookies test, an instrument designed to tap motivation to achieve in young children, the factors identified by ordinary factor-analytic techniques were found to be confounded by the subjects' response sets. This paper proposes a method for defining objectively irrelevant…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Motivation, Personality Measures, Response Style (Tests)
