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Factor Analysis

Factor Analysis is a statistical method used in psychometrics and scale development that identifies underlying latent variables, or factors, by analyzing patterns of correlations among observed variables to explain their variance.

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Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives

Li‐tze Hu, Peter M. Bentler · Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal · 1999 · 105.4K citations

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Coefficient Alpha and the Internal Structure of Tests

Lee J. Cronbach · Psychometrika · 1951 · 43.2K citations · Full text

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Multivariate Data Analysis.

H. Herne, William W. Cooley, Paul R. Lohnes · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General) · 1973 · 35.9K citations

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Significance tests and goodness of fit in the analysis of covariance structures.

Peter M. Bentler, Douglas G. Bonett · Psychological Bulletin · 1980 · 18.3K citations

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Determining Sample Size for Research Activities

Robert V. Krejcie, Daryle W. Morgan · Educational and Psychological Measurement · 1970 · 18.1K citations

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  1. HW
    Herbert W. Marsh

    Western Sydney University, Australia

    85 publications · 27.2K citations

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  2. PT
    Paul T. Costa

    National Institute on Aging, United States

    46 publications · 27.6K citations

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  3. RB
    Raymond B. Cattell

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    70 publications · 21.3K citations

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  4. RR
    Robert R. McCrae

    National Institute on Aging, United States

    38 publications · 25.9K citations

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  5. UL
    Urbano Lorenzo‐Seva

    Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain

    39 publications · 8.1K citations

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  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    73 h-index

    314 publications

    152K citations

  2. Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    60 h-index

    188 publications

    28.5K citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    56 h-index

    209 publications

    43.5K citations

  4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    55 h-index

    215 publications

    27.4K citations

  5. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    55 h-index

    184 publications

    15K citations

  6. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    53 h-index

    216 publications

    27.7K citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    51 h-index

    181 publications

    25.3K citations

  8. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    51 h-index

    236 publications

    27.5K citations

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  1. Psychological Assessment

    313 publications · 47.5K citations

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  2. Multivariate Behavioral Research

    MBR · 315 publications · 52.1K citations

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  3. Psychometrika

    296 publications · 119.8K citations

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  4. Educational and Psychological Measurement

    491 publications · 72.2K citations

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  5. Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal

    SEM · 224 publications · 141.7K citations

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