A factorial study of number ability |
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Authors: | Clyde H Coombs |
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Institution: | (1) University of Chicago, USA |
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Abstract: | In order to investigate certain hypotheses concerning the nature of number ability, and, secondarily, the nature of perceptual
speed, a battery of thirty-four tests was given to 223 Chicago high school seniors and the data were factored by the centroid
method. Seven primary factors were identifiable upon rotation. Several deductions are made relative to the interpretation
of the factors and relative to the consistency of the data with the hypotheses which were to be tested.
I wish to express my great appreciation of the aid of Professor L. L. Thurstone whose generosity made this study possible.
Grateful acknowledgment is made of the aid of Mr. Ledyard Tucker in the use of the I.B.M. machines for obtaining the intercorrelations
and the centroid factor loadings, and to both him and Mr. Harold Bechtoldt for aid in the testing of subjects. |
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