Practical considerations for using exploratory factor analysis in educational research

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Beavers, Amy S ^a   Lounsbury, John W ^a   Richards, Jennifer K ^a   Huck, Schuyler W ^a   Skolits, Gary J ^a   Esquivel, Shelley L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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