An Improvement on Horn's Parallel Analysis Methodology for Selecting the Correct Number of Factors to Retain.

Glorfeld, Louis W.

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Publication Date: 1995

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An Improvement on Horn's Parallel Analysis Methodology for Selecting the Correct Number of Factors to Retain.

Glorfeld, Louis W.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v55 n3 p377-93 Jun 1995

A modification of Horn's parallel analysis is introduced that is based on the Monte Carlo simulation of the null distributions of the eigenvalues generated from a population correlation identity matrix. This modification reduces the tendency of the parallel analysis procedure to overextract or to extract poorly defined factors. (SLD)

Descriptors: Correlation, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Matrices, Monte Carlo Methods, Research Methodology, Simulation, Statistical Distributions

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Language: English

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