THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PRINCIPAL FACTOR ANALYSIS, CANONICAL FACTOR ANALYSIS, AND ALPHA FACTOR ANALYSIS

DOI10.1111/j.2044-8317.1970.tb00432.xzbMath0222.62025OpenAlexW1998446890MaRDI QIDQ5627515

Roderick P. McDonald

Publication date: 1970

Published in: British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8317.1970.tb00432.x

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factor analysis and principal components; correspondence analysis (62H25)

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