Metaphor taken as math: Indeterminacy in the factor analysis model

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 517-538

  Maraun, Michael D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0030569038     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327906mbr3104_6     Document Type: Article

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