Download or read book The Scientific Use of Factor Analysis in Behavioral and Life Sciences written by Raymond Cattell and published by Springer. This book was released on 1978-05 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The position of factor analysis in psychological research; Extracting factors: the algebraic picture; Rotating factors: the geometric picture; Fixing the number of factors: the scientific model; Fixing the number of factors: the most practicable psychometric procedures; The theory of unique rotational resolution by confactor, procrustes, and simple structure principles; The techniques of simple structure rotation; More refined issues in rotation and the use of oblique factors; Higher-order factors: models and formulas; The identification and interpretation of factors; Factor measures: their construction, scoring, psychometric validity, and consistency; Broader experimental designs and uses: the data box and the new techniques; Varieties of factor models inrelation to scientific models; Distribution, scaling, and significace problems; Conducting a factor analytic research: strategy and tactics.