Determining the number of factors to retain in EFA: An easy-to-use computer program for carrying out Parallel Analysis

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Ledesma, Rubén Daniel ^a   Valero Mora, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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