Estimating confidence intervals for principal component loadings: A comparison between the bootstrap and asymptotic results

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 295-314

  Timmerman, Marieke E ^a   Kiers, Henk A L ^a   Smilde, Age K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 36549086475     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711006X109636     Document Type: Article

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