Exploratory factor analysis with small sample sizes: A comparison of three approaches

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-95

  Jung, Sunho ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Exploratory factor analysis; Generalized exploratory factor analysis; Regularized exploratory factor analysis; Small sample size; Unweighted least squares

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICISM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION;

EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; REGULARIZED EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; UNWEIGHTED LEAST-SQUARES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84880022361     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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