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A Counterexample to Two-Dimensional Varimax-Rotation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Friedrich Gebhardt
Friedrich Gebhardt*
Affiliation:
Deutsches Rechenzentrum, Darmstadt, Germany
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Abstract

Usually, an iterative procedure based on two-dimensional rotations is employed to find the varimax solution in factor analysis. A matrix is given where this procedure does not yield the maximum value of the varimax criterion. However, random orthogonal transformations of some matrices and subsequent varimax-rotation using the iterative procedure seem to indicate that usually no local maxima exist.

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Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , March 1968 , pp. 35 - 36
Copyright
Copyright © 1968 The Psychometric Society

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