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Analytic Rotation to a Functional Relationship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Norman Cliff
Norman Cliff*
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University of Southern California
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Abstract

It is suggested that a number of theoretical models for non-test data can be tested by factor analysis. A traditional method for transforming principal-axis factor solutions is used as an aid in making such tests; a modification of this method is suggested. Means of using all of the information in a model for the purpose of determining the transformation of the arbitrary factor solution are presented, and an illustrative example is given.

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Psychometrika , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , September 1962 , pp. 283 - 295
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Copyright © 1962 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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The author is indebted to Dr. Ledyard R Tucker for many valuable comments and suggestions.

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