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Some Criticisms of Factor Analysis with Suggestions for Alternative Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Monica A. Creasy
Monica A. Creasy*
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Bedford College, University of London
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It is well known that a factor analysis may be carried out in various ways; the subjective elements involved make it by no means clear that two people beginning with the same data will arrive at the same conclusions. Furthermore, not enough attention has been paid to the confirmation of factors revealed in one analysis by repetition of the tests on another sample from a similar or different population.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 105 , Issue 440 , July 1959 , pp. 755 - 761
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1959 

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