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Note on the Squared Multiple Correlation as a Lower Bound to Communality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Chester W. Harris
Chester W. Harris*
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University Of California, Santa Barbara The Center for the Study of Evaluation, U.C.L.A.
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Chester W. Harris, Department of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106.
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Abstract

A simple proof that the squared multiple correlation of a variable with the remaining variables in the set of variables is a lower bound to the communality of that variable is presented.

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Psychometrika , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , June 1978 , pp. 283 - 284
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Copyright © 1978 The Psychometric Society

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