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Factor analysis of a scale of academic curiosity
Author(s) -
Vidler Derek C.,
Hansen Richard A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197804)34:2<386::aid-jclp2270340225>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - curiosity , psychology , variance (accounting) , scale (ratio) , principal component analysis , sample (material) , factor (programming language) , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , chemistry , cartography , computer science , accounting , chromatography , business , programming language , geography
Computed a principal components factor analysis of the Academic Curiosity Scale for a sample of college students enrolled in an introductory biology course. Four factors were extracted, which accounted for 28.9% of the total variance. The factors were congruent with characteristics of curiosity identified by Maw and Maw (1964).