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A Note on the Uniqueness of Minimum Rank Solutions in Factor Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

James S. Williams
James S. Williams*
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
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Requests for reprints should be sent to James S. Williams, Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
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Abstract

A revised theorem is presented concerning uniqueness of minimum rank solutions in common factor analysis.

Type
Notes And Comments
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , March 1981 , pp. 109 - 110
Copyright
Copyright © 1981 The Psychometric Society

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References

Albert, A. A. The minimum rank of a correlation matrix. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1944, 30, 144–146.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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