On the Factor Score Controversy

1 June 1976

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

Vol. 41 (2) , 263-266
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02291843

Abstract

A summary and interpretation of the recent literature on the indeterminacy of factor scores is given in simple terms. A good index of factor score determinacy is the squared multiple correlation of the factor with the observed variables.

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