Arthur B Sweney

Biographic Data

ID2472465
NAMEArthur B Sweney
GIVEN NAMESArthur B
FAMILY NAMESweney
SIGNATURESWENEY A B
AFFILIATIONSTexas Tech University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1962
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1975
H-INDEX1

  • The Application of Discriminant Function Analysis to Correlated Samples

    Open AccessG Frank Lawlis, Arthur B SweneyARTICLEEducational and Psychological…1975

    A method of applying the discriminant function to correlated samples was discussed for the researcher interested in utilizing multivariate statistics to pre-post data. By finding the linear combination that maximizes differences in the groups, the t-statistic can be computed for correlated samples

  • Application of an Information Model to Schizophrenia

    Open AccessRichard V Alumbaugh, Arthur B SweneyARTICLEPsychological Reports1973

    The frequently reported inability of schizophrenics to disregard irrelevancy was investigated within the framework of information theory. Quantitative and qualitative noise levels were varied with levels of relevant information. Chronic schizophrenics ( N = 30) were compared with tubercular controls and community volunteers ( Ns = 30) on a task consisting of the tachistoscopic presentation of dots in the presence of noise. The results substantiat…

  • A Comparison of Methods for Constructing Predictive Instruments

    Open AccessRichard V Alumbaugh, Harry G Davis et al.ARTICLEEducational and Psychological…1969

  • Relations Between Conscious And Unconscious Manifestations Of Motivation In Children

    Arthur B Sweney, Desmond S CartwrightARTICLEMultivariate Behavioral Research1966

    Interest strength in 36 attitudes was measured on 89 public school students by means of four indirect behavioral tests. Standard scores on Word Association and Information were combined to give the Integrated (conscious) scores, and those on Selective Memory and Autism were combined to give the Unintegrated (unconscious) scores. Eighteen hypothesized drive factors and four device factors were extracted. The centroid was partitioned, and the Unint…

  • A Factorial Resolution of Psychometric Measures of Anxiety

    Open AccessMary T Spence, Arthur B SweneyARTICLEPsychological Reports1966

    The measurement of anxiety by means of psychometric instruments has tended to yield reliable and replicable measures which are disappointingly unrelated to clinical problems. Taylor (1953) recognized that her MAS scale assessed manifest anxiety. Cattell (1956) and his associates have consistently found a second-order anxiety factor composed of five scales from the 16 PF. Welsh (1956) factored the scored items on the MMPI and found that the larges…

  • What Can Personality and Motivation Source Trait Measurements Add to the Prediction of School Achievement

    Open AccessRaymond B Cattell, A P Sealy et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Educational…1966Cited by: 1

    Intelligence (fluid-culture fair, and crystallized-traditional tests), fourteen primary personality factors (on the HSPQ), and fifteen dynamic structure factors (on the School Motivation Analysis Test), were measured on five samples of seventh and eighth grade children (Total N = 563) involving (with the achievement test), eight hours of testing.Each of the three modalities of predictor accounted for about a third of the criterion variance, and s…

  • Components in Motivation Strength in Children Compared with Those in Adults

    Raymond B Cattell, John A Radcliffe et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of General Psychology1964

  • Components measurable in manifestations of mental conflict

    Raymond B Cattell, Arthur B SweneyARTICLEJournal of Abnormal & Social…1964Cited by: 1

  • Human Motivation Measured by Objective Tests

    Open AccessArthur B SweneyARTICLEPsychological Reports1962

  • Human Motivation Measured by Objective Tests

    Arthur B SweneyARTICLEPsychological Reports1962