Extending the Debate Between Spearman and Wilson 1929: When do Single Variables Optimally Reproduce the Common Part of the Observed Covariances?

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 555-567

  Beauducel, André ^a   Hilger, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

factor analysis; factor score predictors; factor scores

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944047062     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2015.1059311     Document Type: Article

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