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A Note on the Tryon-Kaiser Solution for the Communalities

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

The Tryon-Kaiser solution for the communalities is reviewed. Numerical investigation suggests that the procedure is applicable if and only if the correlation matrix has unique minimum rank communalities. This implies that this approach to the communality problem is not general enough to be of practical use.

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Psychometrika , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , September 1959 , pp. 269 - 271
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Copyright © 1959 The Psychometric Society

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