A Computational Starting Point for Rao's Canonical Factor Analysis: Implications for Computerized Procedures

1 October 1974

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Educational and Psychological Measurement

Vol. 34 (3) , 691-692
https://doi.org/10.1177/001316447403400322

Abstract

Initial uniqueness estimates given by the diagonal matrix U² = I are suggested as a useful starting point in carrying out by computers canonical factor analyses.

Keywords

STARTING POINT
RAO'S
CANONICAL FACTOR
DIAGONAL
PROCEDURES
MATRIX
COMPUTERIZED

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