Re: Factor Analysis

2001-06-17 Thread Ken Reed
It's not really possible to explain this in lay person's terms. The difference between principal factor analysis and common factor analysis is roughly that PCA uses raw scores, whereas factor analysis uses scores predicted from the other variables and does not include the residuals. That's as clos

Re: Dual Principal Components Analysis

2001-04-18 Thread Ken Reed
This is discussed for correspondence analysis by Michael Greenacre (1984) "Theory and applications of correspondence analysis" (something like that). > From: "Hugo Hidalgo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: University of California, Los Angeles > Newsgroups: sci.stat.edu > Date: Sat, 14 Apr 200

PCA and factor analysis: when to use which

2001-04-18 Thread Ken Reed
What is the basis for deciding when to use principal components analysis and when to use factor analysis. Could anyone describe a problem that illustrates the difference? = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks

Brogden-Clemens coefficient

2001-03-20 Thread Ken Reed
Is anyone familiar with the Brogden-Clemens coefficient for measuring index reliability? How is it calculated? What is the original reference? = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAP