Resolution of the Heywood Case in the Minres Solution

1 December 1966

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

Vol. 31 (4) , 563-571
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02289525

Abstract

In the course of developing the minres method of factor analysis the troublesome situation of communalities greater than one arose. This problem—referred to as the generalized Heywood case—is resolved in this paper by means of a process of minimizing the sum of squares of off-diagonal residuals. The resulting solution is superior to the otherwise very efficient original minres method without requiring additional computing time.

Keywords

PUBLIC POLICY
COMPUTING TIME
STATISTICAL THEORY
ADDITIONAL COMPUTING
ADDITIONAL COMPUTING TIME

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Factor Analysis by Minimizing Residuals (Minres)
Psychometrika, 1966
On finite sequences of real numbers
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, 1931