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The Origin and Development of Factor Analysis
Author(s) -
Vincent Douglas F.
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2985729
Subject(s) - exposition (narrative) , factor (programming language) , psychology , computer science , art , literature , programming language
Factor analysis was developed largely by psychologists for use in psychology, but it is a statistical method that has been applied to other fields. Mr Vincent's historical exposition should therefore have wide interest.