An illustration of issues in factor extraction and identification of dimensionality in psychological assessment data

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-272

  Steger, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIMENSIONALITY; EIGENVALUE; FACTORIAL EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIMISM; PARALLEL ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL AXIS FACTORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PURPOSE IN LIFE TEST; SCREE PLOT; SELF ESTEEM; STRUCTURAL VALIDITY;

EID: 33744960613     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8603_03     Document Type: Article

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