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Contents: Preface. Introduction and Spearman Approach. Centroid Method Rotation in Two Dimensions. Elements of Matrix Algebra. Linear Computations. The Principal-Axes Method. Rotation of Axes. Extended Vectors Varieties of Simple Structure. Orthogonal Transformations. Oblique Transformations. Refinement Transformations. Second-Order and Hierarchical Analysis. Component Analysis. Factor Scores. Cluster Analysis of Variables. Simplex Analysis. Some Special Problems. Appendices: Answers to Problems and Exercises. Computer Programs.

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CentroidPrincipal component analysisRotation matrixRotation (mathematics)ComputationMathematicsSimplexOblique caseSimple (philosophy)Algebra over a fieldLinear algebraFactor (programming language)Matrix (chemical analysis)Computer scienceAlgorithmGeometryPure mathematicsStatistics

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Year
1985
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Volume
27
Issue
2
Pages
208-209
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371
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J. Edward Jackson (1985). Factor Analysis: An Applied Approach. Technometrics , 27 (2) , 208-209. https://doi.org/10.1080/00401706.1985.10488039

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