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Peer reviewedComrey, Andrew L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Investigators are urged to plan factor analytic studies prior to collecting the data, to formulate a hypothesized factor structure, to develop several relatively pure measures of each factor expected, and to select an appropriate sample of at least 200 cases. Continuous variables should be used rather than dichotomous variables. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Data Collection, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
