1st Edition

Factor Analysis An Applied Approach

    480 Pages
    by Psychology Press

    480 Pages
    by Psychology Press

    This book is written primarily as a text for a course in factor analysis at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level. It is most appropriate for students of the behavioral and social sciences, though colleagues and students in other disciplines also have used preliminary copies.

    Contents: Preface. Introduction and Spearman Approach. Centroid Method; Rotation in Two Dimensions. Elements of Matrix Algebra. Linear Computations. The Principal-Axes Method. Rotation of Axes. Extended Vectors; Varieties of Simple Structure. Orthogonal Transformations. Oblique Transformations. Refinement Transformations. Second-Order and Hierarchical Analysis. Component Analysis. Factor Scores. Cluster Analysis of Variables. Simplex Analysis. Some Special Problems. Appendices: Answers to Problems and Exercises. Computer Programs.

    Biography

    Edward E. Cureton University of Tennessee, Ralph B. D'Agostino Boston University