R Dataset / Package psych / Tucker
On this R-data statistics page, you will find information about the Tucker data set which pertains to 9 Cognitive variables discussed by Tucker and Lewis (1973). The Tucker data set is found in the psych R package. You can load the Tucker data set in R by issuing the following command at the console data("Tucker"). This will load the data into a variable called Tucker. If R says the Tucker data set is not found, you can try installing the package by issuing this command install.packages("psych") and then attempt to reload the data with the library() command. If you need to download R, you can go to the R project website. You can download a CSV (comma separated values) version of the Tucker R data set. The size of this file is about 530 bytes.
9 Cognitive variables discussed by Tucker and Lewis (1973)
Description
Tucker and Lewis (1973) introduced a reliability coefficient for ML factor analysis. Their example data set was previously reported by Tucker (1958) and taken from Thurstone and Thurstone (1941). The correlation matrix is a 9 x 9 for 710 subjects and has two correlated factors of ability: Word Fluency and Verbal.
Usage
data(Tucker)
Format
A data frame with 9 observations on the following 9 variables.
t42
-
Prefixes
t54
-
Suffixes
t45
-
Chicago Reading Test: Vocabulary
t46
-
Chicago Reading Test: Sentences
t23
-
First and last letters
t24
-
First letters
t27
-
Four letter words
t10
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Completion
t51
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Same or Opposite
Details
The correlation matrix from Tucker (1958) was used in Tucker and Lewis (1973) for the Tucker-Lewis Index of factoring reliability.
Source
Tucker, Ledyard (1958) An inter-battery method of factor analysis, Psychometrika, 23, 111-136.
References
L.~Tucker and C.~Lewis. (1973) A reliability coefficient for maximum likelihood factor analysis. Psychometrika, 38(1):1–10.
F.~J. Floyd and K.~F. Widaman. (1995) Factor analysis in the development and refinement of clinical assessment instruments., Psychological Assessment, 7(3):286 – 299.
Examples
data(Tucker) fa(Tucker,2,n.obs=710) omega(Tucker,2)
Dataset imported from https://www.r-project.org.