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Quartic Rotation Criteria and Algorithms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Douglas B. Clarkson  and
Robert I. Jennrich
Douglas B. Clarkson*
Affiliation:
IMSL Incorporated
Robert I. Jennrich
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles
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Abstract

Most of the currently used analytic rotation criteria for simple structure in factor analysis are summarized and identified as members of a general symmetric family of quartic criteria. A unified development of algorithms for orthogonal and direct oblique rotation using arbitrary criteria from this family is given. These algorithms represent fairly straightforward extensions of present methodology, and appear to be the best methods currently available.

Keywords

factor analysissimple structurefactor loadingsplanar rotations

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Psychometrika , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , June 1988 , pp. 251 - 259
Copyright
Copyright © 1988 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

The research done by R. I. Jennrich was supported by NSF Grant MCS-8301587.

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