Child, Dennis

The essentials of factor analysis / Dennis Child - 3rd ed. - New York : Continuum, 2006 - xii, 180 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Origins, Purposes, Limitations And The Data Bank; 2. A Geometrical Approach To Factor Analysis; 3. The Orthogonal Extraction Of Factors; 4. Rotating And Interpreting Factors; 5. Confirmatory Factor Analysis And Cluster Analysis; 6. Some Applications; Appendix A Considerations When Carrying Out A Factor Analysis; Appendix B Matrix Algebra; Appendix C Finding Factors Using The Centroid Method; Appendix D Significance Levels For Pearson Product-Moment; Correlation Coefficients; References; Index.

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Factor analysis

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