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Peer reviewedFleming, James S. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
The perfunctory use of factor scores in conjunction with regression analysis is inappropriate for many purposes. It is suggested that factoring methods are most suitable for independent variable sets when some consideration has been given to the nature of the domain, which is implied by the predictors. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables, Research Problems
