A factor analysis of an industrial merit rating scale

Abstract

In industry, the use of a rating procedure which includes scales for several traits assumes that the rating method separately indicates the standing of employees on each of the traits. A factor analysis of a typical industrial merit scale indicating that 2 factors were sufficient to account for most of the variability of the ratings, suggests that multiple item rating scales actually reveal very few different aspects of employees' success on the job. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)