Factor Analysis and the Index of Clustering

1 September 1939

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika

Vol. 4 (3) , 201-207
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02288552

Abstract

The initial problem of factor analysis is described as a search for clustering of the test vectors. Curves are developed which give a visual picture of the clustering tendency, and an index of clustering is derived which provides a simple estimate for the number of factors.

Keywords

PUBLIC POLICY
STATISTICAL THEORY
SIMPLE ESTIMATE
INITIAL PROBLEM
TEST VECTOR

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Influence of Chance Error on Simple Structure: An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of Chance Error and Estimated Communalities on Simple Structure in Factorial Analysis
Psychometrika, 1939