Comparison of the performance of varimax and promax rotations: Factor structure recovery for dichotomous items

Journal of Educational Measurement

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-52

  Finch, Holmes ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645115335     PISSN: 00220655     EISSN: 17453984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3984.2006.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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