A comparison between factor analysis and smallest space analysis of the comprehensive scoring system of the Rorschach

Abstract

"The purpose of the present study is to compare the solution of a previously published Rorschach factor analytic study to an SSA solution of the same data. This analysis yielded a radex structure with a modulating facet ranging from number of responses and location scores at the origin to determinants and response quality at the periphery. The polarizing facet divided the map into sectors representing response determinants - color variations vs. form variations. This solution supports Rorschach's original scoring system but suggests that the distinctions between different types of movements (human vs. animal), colors (chromatic, achromatic, and shading) and the distinction between them and their primary form counterparts have been exaggerated." (author's abstract)