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PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS: THEIR NUMBER, NATURE, AND IDENTIFICATION
Author(s) -
Bernyer G.
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
british journal of statistical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.157
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2044-8317
pISSN - 0950-561X
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1957.tb00002.x
Subject(s) - identification (biology) , psychology , factorial , psychological research , factorial analysis , statistical analysis , social psychology , computer science , epistemology , management science , operations research , data science , applied psychology , mathematics , statistics , engineering , philosophy , mathematical analysis , botany , biology
Summary The following paper presents a brief survey of current factorial procedures, with a discussion of their chief advantages and limitations. It is intended primarily for research workers in general psychology who desire to analyse the factors involved in their data without making a detailed study of all available procedures. An attempt is made to determine the commoner faults, either of theory or of practice, which have rendered so many recent factorial investigations contradictory or inconclusive; and a number of defects are noted in existing techniques which appear to call for further investigation by the mathematical theorist. The main conclusion is that, like other statistical procedures, factor analysis is merely an adjunct to psychological research, not a method sufficient in itself.