Common Factor Analysis Versus Principal Component Analysis: Differential Bias in Representing Model Parameters?

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 263-311

  Widaman, Keith F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 21344498334     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: 15327906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327906mbr2803_1     Document Type: Article

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