Download data from an
early version of one of the first author’s early studies on
identification with academics (Osborne, 1997). This instrument was
intended to be a measure of identification with academics (the extent
to which a student defines himself or herself as a student as part
of self-concept). There were supposed to be three scales, measured
on a scale of 1 (disagree strongly) to 7 (agree strongly): a) centrality
of academics to self (items 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20,
21); b) feelings of discrimination (2, 3, 6), and; c) diagnosticity
of academic outcomes (5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17). Examine the extraction
methods and determine which one provides the best extraction for this
data set.