Constructing second-order accurate confidence intervals for communalities in factor analysis

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 361-378

  Ichikawa, Masanori ^a   Konishi, Sadanori ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 56649117404     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711007X204198     Document Type: Article

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