The intercorrelations among the 11 subtests of the DTLA-2 for a portion of the standardization sample were subjected to both factor analysis and cluster analysis. None of the resulting factors or clusters corresponded exactly to any of the eight composites into which the subtests are partitioned, nor did the composites account well for the intercorrelations. Thus the organization of the DTLA-2 does not appear to reflect the actual structure of the instrument.
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