Abstract
The purpose af factor analysis i s t o i d e n t i e the dimensions or factors by whicha variety of ghenmepa within a domain are related.Factorial methods were originally developed for the purpose of identifying the pr.hcipal dimensions or categories of mentality; bzrt the methods are general, so t h a t they.have been found useful .forother psychological -problem and i n other sciences as w e l l .Factor analS.sisi s not restricted by assumptions regarding the nature of the factors, whether they be .physiologicalor social, elemental or complex, correlqted or uncorrelated.Thu~, three programs W e been written which' factor analyze a s e t of measurements i n order that the underlying factors which r e l a t e the measurements ma;r be identified.These pxdgrams .
Keywords
Factor (programming language)PsychologyComputer science
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L. L. Thurstone
(2007).
Multiple Factor Analysis.
Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics
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https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412952644.n300
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