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Analytic methods of rotation in the determination of the number of factors.

Two points of view exist at present on how inference about the true number of factors should be made. In the older classical statistical approach the N individuals are considered as a sample from a population of individuals and an attempt is made to make inferences about this population from the characteristics of the sample. The proponents of the newer, psychometric approach consider the n variables as a sample from a universe of content and attempt to make inferences about this universe. [...]

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.73629
Date January 1966
CreatorsCrawford, Charles Bates.
ContributorsFerguson, G. (Supervisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageDoctor of Philosophy (Department of Psychology)
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: 000756757, proquestno: AAINK00891, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.

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