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An Improved Procedure for the Wherry-Winer Method for Factoring Large Numbers of Items

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Leroy Wolins
Leroy Wolins*
Affiliation:
Iowa State College
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Abstract

A technique is presented that differs from the previous one in that the use of variance terms is eliminated from the computations; thus some formulas are simplified. A rationale for the improved method is presented.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , September 1959 , pp. 261 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © 1959 The Psychometric Society

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References

Wherry, R. J. and Winer, B. J. A method for factoring large numbers of items. Psychometrika, 1953, 18, 161–179.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Winer, B. J. Iterative factor analysis: its psychological and mathematical bases. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Ohio State Univ., 1952.Google Scholar