Exploring the sensitivity of Horn's parallel Analysis to the distributional form of random data

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 362-388

  Dinno, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70449602269     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273170902938969     Document Type: Article

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