Evaluating Replicability of Factors in the Revised NEO Personality Inventory: Confirmatory Factor Analysis Versus Procrustes Rotation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 552-566

  McCrae, Robert R ^a   Zonderman, Alan B ^a   Costa Jr , Paul T ^a   Bond, Michael H ^b   Paunonen, Sampo V ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0030544053     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.3.552     Document Type: Article

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