PSY 216 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: 16Pf Questionnaire, Factor Analysis, Conscientiousness
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He also distinguished source traits fro indicators or surface traits. Further classified them into temperament, motivation, and ability: yielded 35 primary traits. Uses 16 personality factors questionnaire (16 pf scale) Begins by making specific observations of many individuals. Determine which of these variables are related to what other variables find the correlation coefficient. Account for a large number of variables with a smaller number of more basic dimensions traits (factors that represent a cluster of closely related variables). We can identify a number of other factors or units of personality derived through factor analysis. Determine the extent to which each individual variable contributes to other factors. Correlations of scores with factors are called factor loadings. Traits generated through factor analysis may be unipolar (scaled from zero to a large number) or bipolar (extend from one pole to an opposite pole, zero is the midpoint).
