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On the Relationship Between Ratio of Number of Variables to Number of Factors and Factorial Determinacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Edward P. Meyer
Edward P. Meyer*
Affiliation:
University of Chicago Illinois Drug Abuse Program*
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Abstract

It is shown that an important distinction can be made between determinacy of common-factors and determinacy of unique-factors and that determinacy can be used as a criterion to establish a lower bound for the ratio of number of variables to number of factors necessary if specified levels of common- and unique-factor determinacy are to be attained.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , September 1973 , pp. 375 - 378
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 The Psychometric Society

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The Illinois Department of Mental Health Drug Abuse Program is co-sponsored by the State of Illinois and the Department of Psychiatry, Division of the Biological Sciences and Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago. Send reprint requests to Drug Abuse Programs–Research, East Pavillion, Museum of Science and Industry, 57th Street and South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60637.

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