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On the Factor Score Controversy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Bert F. Green Jr.
Bert F. Green Jr.*
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The Johns Hopkins University
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Dr. Bert F. Green, Jr., Department of Psychology, The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218.
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Abstract

A summary and interpretation of the recent literature on the indeterminacy of factor scores is given in simple terms. A good index of factor score determinacy is the squared multiple correlation of the factor with the observed variables.

Keywords

factor analysisindeterminacyregression

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Original Paper
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Psychometrika , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , June 1976, pp. 263 - 266
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Copyright © 1976 The Psychometric Society

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