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Contemporary political science is increasingly interested in the problem of empirical measurement and at various times researchers need scales to measure political attitudes and behaviour. In this process the Canadian political scientist is faced with two alternatives: (1) he can develop new scales, or (2) he can use existing measures from the literature which in most cases mean using scales empirically developed and used in the United States.

"THROUGH FACTOR ANALYSIS, USING BOTH OBLIQUE & VARIMAX FACTOR ROTATIONS, THIS RESEARCH TESTED THE UNIDIMENSIONALITY OF VARIOUS POLITICAL SCALES. 3 SCALES (POLITICAL INTOLERANCE, ANTI-FRENCH-CANADIAN, & POLITICAL ALIENATION) ALL HELD TOGETHER IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORM & 2 SCALES (LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE & POLITICAL PARTICIPATION) EACH SPLIT INTO 2 SUBSCALES WHICH IN TURN HELD TOGETHER." THIS SPLITTING WAS AN INDICATION THAT THE SCALES WERE DIFFERENTIATING IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTES. "INTERSCALE CORRELATION WAS DETERMINED THROUGH EXAMINATION OF THE FACTOR CORRELATION MATRIX & THROUGH ORTHOGONAL AXIS ROTATION. THESE TECHNIQUES SHOWED THAT THE SCALES ARE LARGELY UNCORRELATED, & THEREFORE EACH SCALE IS MEASURING A DIFFERENT POLITICAL ATTRIBUTE." THE SURVEY USED A RESTRICTED SAMPLE OF 621 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE TAKING THE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE DEPT OF THE EXTENSION AT THE U OF ALBERTA. THE SAMPLE WAS MC IN NATURE. THE ITEMS ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE MEASURED 3 VARIABLES: POLITICAL, SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC, & ORGANIZATIONAL. THOSE MEASURING POLITICAL & ORGANIZATIONAL VARIABLES USED A LIKERT-TYPE SCALE. 2 TABLES. L. DEFORGE.