Toward a simple structure: A comparison of different rotation techniques

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1785-1797

  Di Franco, Giovanni ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exploratory factor analysis; Oblique rotation; Orthogonal rotation; Principal components analysis; Rotation techniques; Simple structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897103140     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-013-9874-9     Document Type: Article

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