R: Results of 24 Psychological Test for 8th Grade Students
Psych24
R Documentation
Results of 24 Psychological Test for 8th Grade Students
Description
A data set collected by Holzinger and Swineford (1939) which consists of the
results of 24 psychological tests given to 145 seventh and eighth grade
students in a Chicago suburb. This data set contains the correlation matrix
for the 24 test results.
The data set was also used as an example for visualization of cluster analysis
by Ling (1973).
Usage
data("Psych24")
Format
A 24 x 24 correlation matrix.
References
Holzinger, K. L., Swineford, F. (1939):
A study in factor analysis: The stability of a bi-factor solution.
Supplementary Educational Monograph, No. 48.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Ling, R. L. (1973): A computer generated aid for cluster analysis.
Communications of the ACM,
16(6), pp. 355–361.
Examples
data("Psych24")
## create a dist object and also get rid of the one negative entry in the
## correlation matrix
d <- as.dist(1 - abs(Psych24))
pimage(d)
## do hclust as in Ling (1973)
hc <- hclust(d, method = "complete")
plot(hc)
pimage(d, hc)
## use seriation
order <- seriate(d, method = "tsp")
#order <- seriate(d, method = "tsp", control = list(method = "concorde"))
pimage(d, order)