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The Foundations of Psychometry: Four Factor Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Wm. Stephenson*
Affiliation:
From the Psychology Laboratory, University of London

Abstract

Four methods of factorizing the fundamental matrices used in factor analysis are described and illustrated. The first is represented by the techniques already developed. The second is the obverse factor technique. The third and fourth methods are variants of the first and second. The implications of each method for different schools of psychology are pointed out. The methods are complementary, not competitive.

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Copyright
Copyright © 1936 The Psychometric Society

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