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Factor structure of the McCarthy Scales in 7‐year‐old Spanish children
Author(s) -
GomezBenito J.,
FornsSantacana M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6807(199607)33:3<231::aid-pits6>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - psychology , factorial , principal component analysis , congruence (geometry) , factorial analysis , confirmatory factor analysis , similarity (geometry) , statistics , test validity , construct validity , developmental psychology , cognition , sample (material) , psychometrics , social psychology , mathematics , structural equation modeling , artificial intelligence , mathematical analysis , chemistry , chromatography , computer science , image (mathematics) , neuroscience
This study was designed to examine the construct validity of the McCarthy Scales for 7‐year‐old Spanish children, using factorial analysis. Based on a sample of 128 children with a mean General Cognitive Index of 104 ( SD = 15.37), five factors were generated by principal component analysis, and one factor by principal factor analysis. An analysis of congruence between the factorial matrices of 7‐ and 4‐year old children was performed. The degree of similarity of factors between sample was determined by means of a technique of factorial invariance using Tucker's coefficient of congruence. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.