Thurstone41 {fungible}

Multi-Trait Multi-Method correlation matrix reported by Thurstone and Thurstone (1941).

Description

The original study assessed a total of 63 variables. However, we report the 9 variables, across 2 tests, used to reproduce the multiple battery factor analyses of Browne (1979).

Usage

data(Thurstone41)

Format

A 9 by 9 correlation matrix with dimension names

Details

The sample size is n = 710.

The following variables were assessed (abbreviations in parentheses): Variables:

• Test #1 (X)

  • Prefixes (Prefix)

  • Suffixes (Suffix)

  • Sentences (Sentences)

  • Chicago Reading Test: Vocabulary (Vocab)

  • Chicago Reading Test: Sentences (Sentence)

• Test #2 (Y)

  • First and Last Letters (FLLetters)

  • First Letters (Letters)

  • Four-Letter Words (Words)

  • Completion (Completion)

  • Same and Opposite (SameOpposite)

Source

Thurstone, L. L. and Thurstone, T. G. (1941). Factorial studies of intelligence. Psychometric Monographs, 2. Chicago: University Chicago Press.

Examples

## Load Thurstone & Thurstone's data used by Browne (1979)
data(Thurstone41)
Example1Output <-  faMB(R             = Thurstone41, 
                        n             = 710,
                        NB            = 2, 
                        NVB           = c(4,5), 
                        numFactors    = 2,
                        rotate        = "oblimin",
                        rotateControl = list(standardize = "Kaiser"))

summary(Example1Output, PrintLevel = 2)