Theories of Personality 9th Edition

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or oblique, but advocates of the Five-Factor Theory favor the orthogonal rotation.

Figure 13.1 shows that orthogonally rotated axes are at right angles to each other.

As scores on the x variable increase, scores on the y axis may have any value; that

is, they are completely unrelated to scores on the x axis.

The oblique method, which was advocated by Cattell, assumes some positive or

negative correlation and refers to an angle of less than or more than 90°. Figure 13.2

y

x

FIGURE 13.1 Orthogonal axes

y

x

FIGURE 13.2 Oblique axes