The hull method for selecting the number of common factors

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 340-364

  Lorenzo Seva, Urbano ^a   Timmerman, Marieke E ^a   Kiers, Henk A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79957612684     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2011.564527     Document Type: Article

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