R- and Q-Mode Factor Analysis
Published 1 January 1975
J. E. Klovan
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Factor analysis is a generic term that describes a variety of mathematical procedures applicable to the analysis of data matrices. Although developed, and largely exploited by psychologists, it is a method of general application to many branches of scientific enquiry -- and geology is no exception.
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