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Yan Xia; Xinchang Zhou – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2025
Parallel analysis has been considered one of the most accurate methods for determining the number of factors in factor analysis. One major advantage of parallel analysis over traditional factor retention methods (e.g., Kaiser's rule) is that it addresses the sampling variability of eigenvalues obtained from the identity matrix, representing the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Sampling