Factor Analysis
Richard L. Gorsuch - Fuller Theological Seminary
This second edition of a text widely viewed as both
"comprehensive and comprehensible", this classic covers
the basic and advanced topics essential for using factor analysis
as a scientific tool in psychology, education, sociology, and
related areas. Emphasizing the usefulness of the techniques, it
presents sufficient mathematical background for understanding and
sufficient discussion of applications for effective use. This
includes not only theory but also the empirical evaluations of
the importance of mathematical distinctions for applied
scientific analysis.
Audience
Statisticians, psychologists, behavioral science researchers,
and sociologists; an appropriate graduate-level text for courses
in factor analysis, multivariate statistical methods, psychology,
sociology, management, and econometrics.
Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the First Edition
- Introduction
- Basic Factor Models
- Matrix Algebra and Factor Analysis
- Geometric Representation of Factor Models
- Diagonal and Multiple-Group Analysis
- Principle Factor Solutions
- Confirmatory Maximum Likelihood Solutions
- Determining the Number of Factors
- Rotation and Interpretation of Factors
- Rotation
- Higher-Order Factors
- Factor Scores
- Relating Factors Across Studies
- Data Transformations and Indices of Association
- Two- and Three-Mode Factor Analysis
- The Replication and Invariance of Factors
- Factor Analysis as a Research Technique
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Data for Examples
- Computer Programs for Factor Analysis
- Accuracy of Computer Processing
452 pages. 1983. Hardcover.
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