Factor Analysis and Predictive Validity of Microcomputer-Based Tests
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 69 (3_suppl), 1059-1074
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1989.69.3f.1059
Abstract
11 tests were selected from two microcomputer-based performance test batteries because previously these tests exhibited rapid stability (< 10 min. of practice) and high retest reliability efficiencies ( r> 0.707 for each 3 min. of testing). The battery was administered three times to each of 108 college students (48 men and 60 women) and a factor analysis was performed. Two of the three identified factors appear to be related to information processing (“encoding” and “throughput/decoding”), and the third named an “output/speed” factor. The spatial, memory, and verbal tests loaded on the “encoding” factor and included Grammatical Reasoning, Pattern Comparison, Continuous Recall, and Matrix Rotation. The “throughput/decoding” tests included perceptual/numerical tests like Math Processing, Code Substitution, and Pattern Comparison. The output speed factor was identified by Tapping and Reaction Time tests. The Wonderlic Personnel Test was group administered before the first and after the last administration of the performance tests. The multiple Rs in the total sample between combined Wonderlic as a criterion and less than 5 min. of microcomputer testing on Grammatical Reasoning and Math Processing as predictors ranged between 0.41 and 0.52 on the three test administrations. Based on these results, the authors recommend a core battery which, if time permits, would consist of two tests from each factor. Such a battery is now known to permit stable, reliable, and efficient assessment.Keywords
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