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General Resolution of Correlation Matrices into Components and its Utilization in Multiple and Partial Regression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

John A. Creager*
Affiliation:
Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center

Abstract

The derivation of multiple and partial regression statistics from uniqueness-augmented factor loadings, presented in the literature for orthogonal factor solutions, is generalized to oblique solutions. A mathematical rationale for the general case, without restriction to uncorrelated factors, is presented. Use of the general formulation is illustrated with a two-factor, seven-variable example.

Type
Original Paper
Copyright
Copyright © 1958 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

*

This report is based on work done under ARDC Project 7702, in support of the research and development program of the Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Permission is granted for reproduction, translation, publication, use, and disposal in whole and in part by or for the United States Government.

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