A computationally efficient method for obtaining standard error estimates for the promax and related solutions

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 125-138

  Yung, Yiu Fai ^a,b   Hayashi, Kentaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b R51 ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0035350989     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711001159465     Document Type: Article

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