Some remarks on the application of factor analysis to ordered categorical data

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Hagiuda, Nobuko ^a   Shigemasu, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Maximum likelihood method; Ordered categorical data; Simulation study

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742551025     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.67.1     Document Type: Article

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