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A Note on Cluster-Directed Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

C. J. Adcock
C. J. Adcock*
Affiliation:
Victoria University College
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Abstract

Thurstone's multiple group method of factor analysis has been widely used as a basis for rotation to simple structure. To make the most of the economy offered by this method, factor axes may be located directly by the correlation clusters; and methods of doing this are here discussed.

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Original Paper
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Psychometrika , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , September 1952 , pp. 249 - 253
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Copyright © 1952 The Psychometric Society

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