Higher-Stratum Ability Structures on a Basis of Twenty Primary Abilities.

Hakstian, A. Ralph; Cattell, Raymond B.

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Publication Date: 1978-Oct

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Higher-Stratum Ability Structures on a Basis of Twenty Primary Abilities.

Hakstian, A. Ralph; Cattell, Raymond B.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v70 n5 p657-69 Oct 1978

Twenty primary abilities were measured using the Comprehensive Ability Battery. Factor analysis produced six oblique second-stratum factors. Four were identified as capacities in Cattell's triadic theory of ability structure. Correlations among factors yielded three oblique third-stratum factors. Implications for a hierarchical conceptualization of human abilities were discussed. (Author/RD)

Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Intelligence, Memory, Nonverbal Ability, Verbal Ability, Visualization

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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