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ERIC Number: EJ1302237
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Aug
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
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What Does the Detroit Tests of Learning Abilities, Fifth Edition Measure? Revelations from a Hierarchical Exploratory Factor Analysis
McNulty, Richard J.; Floyd, Randy G.
Psychology in the Schools, v58 n8 p1474-1489 Aug 2021
This study examined the factor structure of the Detroit Tests of Learning Abilities, Fifth Edition (DTLA-5) using principal axis factoring, multiple factor extraction criteria, and the Schmid-Leiman orthogonalization procedures not utilized by test publishers. Results suggest that the publisher's six-factor structure model was over factored. Although there is support for five group factors and a hierarchical general factor that correspond with some of the test's most reliable composites, there was no evidence warranting a distinction between the test's hypothesized Reasoning Abilities and Processing Abilities domains or separation of Acquired Knowledge and Verbal Comprehension subdomains. Some test users may prefer to interpret the four DTLA-5 subdomains that correspond to some of our basic findings in a profile indicating intra-individual strengths and weaknesses. Based on our hierarchical factor analysis and omega statistics, we believe that the DTLA-5 should be interpreted as a measure of psychometric g and not used to examine intra-individual strengths and weaknesses for most test-takers.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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