Effects of under- and overextraction on principal axis factor analysis with varimax rotation

Psychological Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 354-365

  Wood, James M ^a   Tataryn, Douglas J ^b   Gorsuch, Richard L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

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EID: 0001447619     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.1.4.354     Document Type: Article

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