Multivariate Behavioral Research · 1976 · 31 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesBiostatisticsMeasurement InvariancePsychometricsStatisticsSample SizeSampling DesignSampling MethodsSampling TechniquesSampling TheorySurvey SamplingCorrelation Matrix EstimationCovariance Matrix EstimationMultivariate Normal DistributionSample Size CalculationSample Size EstimationSamplingSampling DistributionsSampling Representativeness
The distributional characteristics of the measure of sampling adequacy (MSA) were investigated in sample correlation matrices generated from multivariate normal populations with covariance matrix equal to the identity. Systematic variation of sample size and number of variables resulted in minimal fluctuation of the overall MSA from .50. Implications for the use of the index were discussed.