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Formulas for Component Scores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Henry F. Kaiser
Henry F. Kaiser*
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University of Illinois
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Abstract

General formulas for obtaining scores for individuals on components (factors derived from correlation matrices with unit communality estimates) are given. They are specialized to give Hotelling's formula for principal component scores. Formulas for scores on components rotated from principal components are developed.

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Psychometrika , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , March 1962 , pp. 83 - 87
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Copyright © 1962 The Psychometric Society

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The final version of this paper was prepared while the author was a U. S. Public Health Service Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

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