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.