Applying the bootstrap to the multivariate case: Bootstrap component/factor analysis

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 318-325

  Zientek, Linda Reichwein ^a   Thompson, Bruce ^b,c  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 34547828779     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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