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Thompson, Bruce – 1982
A "doubly-centered" raw data matrix is one for which both columns and rows have both unit variance and means equal to zero. The factor scores from one analysis are the same as factor pattern coefficients from the other analysis except for a variance adjustment. This study explored an extension of the reciprocity principle which may have…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Matrices, Rating Scales
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Guttman, Louis – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Mathematical and statistical relationships between factor analysis and smallest space analysis are discussed. As spatial analysis of correlation matrices, factor analysis is a special case of smallest space analysis. The two differ in six ways: Shepard diagram, dimensionality, correction for communality, similarity coefficients, regions versus…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Item Analysis, Research Methodology