The performance of regression-based variations of the visual scree for determining the number of common factors

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 397-419

  Nasser, Fadia ^a   Benson, Jeri ^b   Wisenbaker, Joseph ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 0037777704     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00164402062003001     Document Type: Article

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