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A General Approach to Procrustes Pattern Rotation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Gunnar T. Gruvaeus
Gunnar T. Gruvaeus*
Affiliation:
Educational Testing Service
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Abstract

A method is introduced for oblique rotation to a pattern target matrix specified in advance. The target matrix may have all or only some of its elements specified. Values are estimated by means of a general procedure for minimization with equality constraints. Results are shown using data from Harman and Browne.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , December 1970 , pp. 493 - 505
Copyright
Copyright © 1970 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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The author is indebted to K. G. Jöreskog and M. W. Browne for many helpful suggestions and comments throughout the course of this study. Thanks are also due P. H. Schönemann and H. Weiner.

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