A Factorial Study of Speed, Power and Related Temperament Variables

S ummary . The fields of power, speed, persistence, accuracy and carefulness were investigated by factorizing thirty‐eight sets of test scores among 200 13 and 14‐year‐old Ss. Rotation yielded five clearly identifiable and two less definite factors—content factors g+v and N, speed factors P, verbal tempo and fluency, and temperament factors persistence and speed‐accuracy. Persistence and speed‐accuracy were identified as work‐attitude or method‐of‐approach factors, which are closely linked with the difficulty of test material. Probably the operation of g and the content factors V, K and N are affected considerably by these work‐habit components. The other speed factors isolated appear to be relatively unimportant

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