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Experimental Study of Simple Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

L. L. Thurstone
L. L. Thurstone*
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
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Abstract

A battery of thirty-six tests was given to a group of high-school seniors. The factorial analysis reveals essentially the same primary factors that were found in previous studies. The test battery reveals a simple structure.

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Psychometrika , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 1940 , pp. 153 - 168
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Copyright © 1940 The Psychometric Society

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References

Thurstone, L. L. Primary mental abilities. Psychometric Monogr. No. 1, 1938.Google Scholar
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A complete set of the psychological tests used in this investigation, together with instructions and fore-exercises, is available as an Auxiliary Publication of the American Documentation Institute, Care of Science Service, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D. C. The test material is available in micro-film form as Document No. 1329 at a cost of $1.60. The film can be used in a 35 mm. film projector.Google Scholar
Thurstone, L. L. The vectors of mind. Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press. 1935, 146–146.Google Scholar