A factor analysis of mathematical giftedness

90 mathematically gifted high school students selected on the basis of aptitude and interest in mathematics were compared with 63 unselected college preparatory high school students in the same general ability range. A principal-component method of factor analysis was used to determine the minimum number of independent dimensions needed to account for the variance in the correlational matrix. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

titleTranslation: Un análisis factorial de la superdotación matemática abstractTranslation: Se compararon 90 estudiantes de secundaria matemáticamente dotados, seleccionados sobre la base de su aptitud e interés en las matemáticas, con 63 estudiantes de secundaria preparatorios para la universidad no seleccionados en el mismo rango de habilidad general. Se utilizó un método de análisis factorial de componentes principales para determinar el número mínimo de dimensiones independientes necesarias para dar cuenta de la varianza en la matriz correlacional. (Registro de la base de datos PsycINFO (c) 2016 APA, todos los derechos reservados) TLDR: 90 mathematically gifted high school students selected on the basis of aptitude and interest in mathematics were compared with 63 unselected college preparatory high schoolStudents in the same general ability range for a principal-component method of factor analysis.