A Second-Order Factor Analysis of Reasoning Abilities

1 March 1954

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika

Vol. 19 (1) , 71-78
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02288995

Abstract

This article reports a second-order factor analysis of the 13 interpretable first-order factors of Adkins and Lyerly based on 66 variables for 200 Army men. The approach to simple structure for 6 second-order factors was unusually good. Loadings of the original 66 variables on the second-order factors were also obtained. Five of the factors are tentatively interpreted as Precision in Formation and Use of Verbal Concepts, General Verbal Fluency, Visualizing Spatial Constancy During Movement, Speed in Analysis, and Flexibility in Analysis.

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