A COMPARISON OF MULTIVARIATE GROUPING TECHNIQUES COMMONLY USED WITH PROFILE DATA
- 1 January 1969
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Multivariate Behavioral Research
- Vol. 4 (1) , 103-114
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327906mbr0401_8
Abstract
A number of multivariate procedures have been used to group subjects from profile data. Three of the more widely used techniques are (1) factor analysis with oblique or orthogonal rotation; (2) distance measures followed by hierarchical grouping; and (3) correlational cluster analysis.Keywords
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