Second Order Analysis of Comrey's Eleven Factor Solution

Abstract

A second order analysis was conducted on the Comrey inventory. The analysis did not approach an adequate solution until eight factors were isolated. The eight factor solution was rejected on the basis that it com- pressed major factors while exaggerating he importance of minor factors.

Item selection for two personality scales: the affective and analytic dimensions

“…A dimension similar to the affective-analytic dimension was not obtained in a cluster analysis of the items of the POI (Silverstein & Fisher, 1975), or in a factor analysis of the POI scales (Tosi & Hoffman, 1972). Factor analyses of the MMPI scales (LaForge, 1962) and items (Hunter, Overall, & Butcher, 1974), CPI scales (Nichols & Schnell, 1963;Rogers & Shure, 1965;Schludermann & Schludermann, 1970;Springbob & Struening, 1964) and items (Lovegrove & Hammond, 1973), EPI items (Howarth, 1976;Howarth & Browne, 1972;Stanley & Watkins, 1972) and CPS scales (Ottomanelli, 1972) failed to yield a factor resembling the affectiveanalytic dimension. The dimension also failed to appear in the factor analytic studies of the item pool from which the CPS items were drawn (Comrey, 1961(Comrey, , 1962(Comrey, , 1964(Comrey, , 1965Comrey & Duffy, 1968;Comrey & Jamison, 1966;Comrey, Jamison, & King, 1968;Comrey & Schlesinger, 1962;Comrey & Soufi, 1960, 1961.…”