Factor Scores for Constructing Linear Composites

1 November 1975

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Methods & Research

Vol. 4 (2) , 166-188
https://doi.org/10.1177/004912417500400202

Abstract

Seven distinct factor score procedures for constructing linear composites are compared in a multifactor example. The procedures are compared with respect to validity, invalidity, omega reliability, correlatedness, and linear relationships with external variables. Data are from a national sample taken by the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. Advantages and disadvantages of the various procedures are indicated

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