A colleague and I are in need of collaboration with a psychologist knowledgeable with current sophisticated statistics. In part, we wish to perform a multi-factorial analysis on an Interpersonal Attitudes test with 180 items and a N of several hundred. We wish to relate it to attachment research findings. Initially, this is to validate the instrument, which incidentally is clinically powerful in therapy. About half of the tests were done by police officer candidates.
Next we want to use it and some other measures to track interpersonal attitudes and community policing effectiveness in police officers over the first 5 years of their careers. We would like to see policing improve relationships within communities. So, plan includes officer selection as well as adjusting the field training and supervision.