Component Analysis versus Common Factor Analysis: Some Further Observations
Multivariate Behavioral ResearchPublished 1 January 1990
Wayne F. Velicer, Douglas N. Jackson
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(1990). Component Analysis versus Common Factor Analysis: Some Further Observations. Multivariate Behavioral Research: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 97-114.
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