A factor analysis of variables related to driver training

Abstract

From school and traffic records on 1116 Los Angeles high school "driver training" students 36 variables were extracted for 2 independent analyses. Kaiser's orthogonal Varimax Method was used to rotate each set of 18 centroid factors. "Of the 18 factors extracted in each analysis, 16 were sufficiently identical to warrant being called the same factor." Tendency to have accidents proved to be relatively independent of traffic citations. Much of what accidents are not related to was shown, though generalization is limited to one large driver training population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)