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A Direct Solution for Pairwise Rotations in Kaiser's Varimax Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Klaas Nevels
Klaas Nevels*
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University of Groningen
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Klaas Nevels, Subfaculteit der Psychologie, Rijksuniversiteit, Grote Markt 31/32, 9712 HV Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS.
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Abstract

The present note contains a completing-the-squares type approach to the varimax rotation problem. This approach yields a direct proof of global optimality of a solution for optimal rotation in a plane. Because varimax rotation can be interpreted as diagonalization of a set of symmetric matrices, the present solution also applies to the diagonalization problem.

Keywords

Kaiser's methodvarimax rotation

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Notes and Comments
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Psychometrika , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , June 1986, pp. 327 - 329
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

The author is obliged to Jos M. F. ten Berge for helpful comments.

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