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On the oblique Rotation of a Factor Matrix to a Specified Pattern

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Michael Browne  and
Walter Kristof
Michael Browne
Affiliation:
Educational Testing Service
Walter Kristof
Affiliation:
Educational Testing Service
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Abstract

This paper presents a procedure for rotating an arbitrary factor matrix to maximum similarity with a specified factor pattern. The sum of squared distances between specified vectors and rotated vectors in oblique Euclidian space is minimized. An example of the application of the procedure is given.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , June 1969 , pp. 237 - 248
Copyright
Copyright © 1969 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

*

This research was supported in part by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Research Grant 1 PO1 HDO1762.

†

Now at the National Institute for Personnel Research, South Africa.

‡

The names of the authors are given in alphabetical order. Their contributions to the paper are equal.

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