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A Mechanical Model Illustrating the Scatter Diagram with Oblique Test Vectors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Harold Gulliksen
Affiliation:
Princeton University and Educational Testing Service
Ledyard R Tucker
Affiliation:
Princeton University and Educational Testing Service

Abstract

A mechanical model is described for illustrating changes in the configuration of points when the reference axes are rotated obliquely and the values of the orthogonal projections of the points on the reference axes are maintained constant. This type of transformation is important in factor analysis.

Type
Original Paper
Copyright
Copyright © 1951 The Psychometric Society

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