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Hierarchical Factor Solutions without Rotation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Robert J. Wherry
Robert J. Wherry*
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
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Abstract

A method is presented for securing a hierarchical factor solution which achieves simple structure at each hierarchical level without rotation or even preliminary arbitrary orthogonal or oblique solutions. The method is based upon the assumption that if overlap is removed from clusters the remaining specifics will achieve simple structure automatically. The problem presented earlier by Schmid and Leiman, using oblique simple structural rotation as a basis, is reworked by this new approach.

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Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , March 1959 , pp. 45 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © 1959 The Psychometric Society

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