Novel methods for analyzing multifaceted personality scales: sense of coherence and depression as an example.

The writer demonstrates the application of two novel statistical techniques for examining multifaceted personality scales. He utilizes a dataset on sense of coherence and depression. He discusses z tests for comparing dependent zero-order correlations and R.G. Malgady's (1987) methods for comparin...

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Published in:Journal of Psychology Vol. 134; no. 2; pp. 199 - 210
Main Author: Hittner, James B.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd March 2000
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