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XIV.—Further Investigations in Factor Estimation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

D. N. Lawley
D. N. Lawley
Affiliation:
Moray House, University of Edinburgh
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Summary

7. A method of factor estimation is given in which assumptions are made only about the form of the error distributions of the tests administered. This is compared with a method previously suggested in which, on the contrary, the test scores and the individual factor measurements were assumed to be normally distributed over the population of individuals tested. A comparison is also made with other processes at present in use.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 61 , Issue 2 , 1942 , pp. 176 - 185
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1942

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