Factors affecting reliability of interpretations of scree plots

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 687-694

  Streiner, David L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0041089961     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.2.687     Document Type: Article

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