The Scientific Use of Factor Analysis in Behavioral and Life Sciences
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EFA literature suggested rules of thumb of minimum sample sizes in absolute numbers, such as 100-250, 300, or 500 or more.
“literature suggested rules of thumb consisting either of minimum Ns in absolute numbers like 100 - 250 (Cattell, 1978; Gorsuch, 1983), 300 (Tabachnick & Fidell, 2013) or 500 or more (Comrey & Lee, 1992) as reviewed by Dimitrov (2012).”
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- Authors
- Cattell, R. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cattell, Raymond B.
- Venue
- Springer eBooks
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Published
- 1978
- OpenAlex
- W2041465237
- Cited by
- 2,165
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 65 · 2024: 59 · 2023: 68 · 2022: 71 · 2021: 64 · 2020: 117 · 2019: 68 · 2018: 71 · 2017: 55 · 2016: 60 · 2015: 57 · 2014: 60 · 2013: 58 · 2012: 65
- FWCI
- 20.85
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Springer eBooks (publishedVersion)
- CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- factor analysis, behavioral science, life sciences, multivariate analysis, dimensionality reduction
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