Historical increase in the number of factors measured by commercial tests of cognitive ability: Are we overfactoring?

By Thomas W. Frazier, E. Youngstrom. 2007

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Genetics, Management Science and Operations Research

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Cattell-Horn-Carroll Abilities and Cognitive Tests: What We've Learned from 20 Years of Research. (2010, methodology): “Psychology in the Schools DOI: 10.1002/pits The implied matrix was also analyzed using the techniques recommended by Frazier and Youngstrom (2007).”
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence—Fourth Edition (2012, methodology): “It would have been useful to have seen evidence for factor extraction based on Cattell’s scree test (Cattell, 1966), Horn’s parallel analysis (Horn, 1965), and minimum average partials (Velicer, 1976), which help to guard against overextraction observed by Frazier and Youngstrom (2007).”
From safety culture to safety orientation: Validation and simplification of a safety orientation scale using a sample of seafarers working for Norwegian ship owners (2009, background): “Frazier and Youngstrom (2006) claim that the reasons that the use of PC was reported relatively infrequently in the factor analytic literature was the lack of knowledge outside the methodological community, the laborious computation needed to perform the analyses, and that the most common statistica”
Exploratory bifactor analysis of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Fifth Edition with the 16 primary and secondary subtests (2015, background): “In fact, some researchers contend that present day IQ tests are overfactored (Frazier & Youngstrom, 2007).”
Construct Validity of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence and Wide Range Intelligence Test: Convergent and Structural Validity (2009, unknown): “Parallel analysis and MAP were included as Thompson and Daniel (1996) indicated that they are usually more accurate and are helpful so as not to overfactor (Frazier & Youngstrom, 2007; Velicer, Eaton, & Fava, 2000; Zwick & Velicer, 1986).”