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Varimax Solution for Primary Mental Abilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Henry F. Kaiser
Henry F. Kaiser*
Affiliation:
University of Illinois
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Abstract

The varimax solution for Thurstone's classic Primary Mental Abilities study is presented. Comparisons between the factors of Thurstone's original subjectively rotated factor pattern, Zimmerman's subjectively revised solution, Wrigley, Saunders, and Neuhaus' quartimax results, and the present varimax factor matrix are made by finding correlations between factors defined by these four solutions. It is pointed out that any possible ultimate merit of the varimax solution should be based on its psychological meaningfulness and on the rationale of the varimax criterion—not on its relationship to the other studies.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , June 1960 , pp. 153 - 158
Copyright
Copyright © 1960 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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The computations for this paper were done on Illiac, an electronic computer of the Digital Computer Laboratory of the University of Illinois. Mr. S. M. Hunka assisted in these computations.

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