The Irrelevance of Factor Analysis for the Study of Group Differences
Multivariate Behavioral ResearchPublished 1 April 1992
Louis Guttman
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The present commentary will open with an analysis in some depth of Jensen7s (1985)(and other factor analysts') exposition of the first hypothesis an exposition that the authors shall find to be an inaccurate and misleading account of Spearman's works.
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(1992). The Irrelevance of Factor Analysis for the Study of Group Differences. Multivariate Behavioral Research: Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 175-204.
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