Loadings refer to the correlations between particular items and a given factor. Therefore, option D is the best choice. Option A describes the concept of intermediate factors or middle-level traits, option B describes the concept of superfactors, and option C describes the concept of unifactoriality or the degree to which a factor is distinct from other factors.

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"Loadings" Refers to

Question 14

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"Loadings" refers to

A) factors that are neither at the top or the bottom of the hierarchy of personality components, but can shift about the middle
B) factors that encompass several primary factors and are called superfactors
C) factors that are relatively pure and narrow in scope; it can be arranged that they are statistically independent
D) correlations of particular items with a given factor

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