Oblique rotation in correspondence analysis: A step forward in the search for the simplest interpretation

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 583-600

  Lorenzo Seva, Urbano ^a   van de Velden, Michel ^b   Kiers, Henk A L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRAVEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPAIN; TRAVEL;

EID: 70449369285     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711008X368295     Document Type: Article

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