Common factor analysis versus principal component analysis: Choice for symptom cluster research

Asian Nursing Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-24

  Kim, Hee Ju ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer; Nursing; Statistics; Symptom clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249155418     PISSN: 19761317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1976-1317(08)60025-0     Document Type: Article

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