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The Guttman-Harris Uniqueness Estimates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Edward P. Meyer
Edward P. Meyer*
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University of ChicagoIllinois Drug Abuse Program*
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Abstract

It is shown that, under very general conditions, uniqueness estimates proposed independently by Guttman [1957] and by Harris [1963] provide tighter upper bounds on the unknown uniqueness values of factor analysis than do existing estimates.

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Psychometrika , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , September 1973, pp. 371 - 374
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Copyright © 1973 The Psychometric Society

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The Illinois Department of Mental Health Drug Abuse Program is co-sponsored by the State of Illinois and the Department of Psychiatry, Division of the Biological Sciences and Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago. Send reprint requests to Drug Abuse Programs–Research, East Pavilion, Museum of Science and Industry, 57th Street and South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60637.

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