An Approach to the Identification of Personality Types.
Abstract
The report presents a methodological exploration in typology which used Burt's conceptualization as a point of departure. In this approach, trait-level data, factorially derived, are obtained for groups of persons where each group has socially meaningful distinguishing characteristics (e.g., prisoners, psychiatric patients, auto salemen). These groups of person then are interrrelated on the basis of their mean trait scores. The resultant correlation matrix is factor analyzed in order to identify groups which form distinct and meaningful clusters on the basis of similarity of trait patterns.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- ADA079275
Entities
People
- Leonard V. Gordon