Understanding and using factor scores: Considerations for the applied researcher

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  DiStefano, Christine ^a   Zhu, Min ^a   Mîndrilǎ, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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