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Why do People Factor?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Karl J. Holzinger
Karl J. Holzinger*
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
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Abstract

This is a very simple explanation of factor analysis primarily for the “factorial layman.” The interpretation of factors and the comparisons of various factor solutions are illustrated with a hypothetical example so designed that the reader can visualize all the relationships in a two-dimensional graph.

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Psychometrika , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , September 1942 , pp. 147 - 156
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Copyright © 1942 The Psychometric Society

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References

* The suggestion for using scores rather than correlations of variable is due to Cyril Burt. ( See Factors of the Mind, Chapter XVII).