TY - BOOK AU - Child, Dennis TI - The essentials of factor analysis SN - 9780826480002 (pbk) U1 - 519.5354 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Continuum KW - Factor analysis N1 - 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 ER -