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XIII.—A Statistical Examination of the Centroid Method*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

D. N. Lawley
D. N. Lawley
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
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Synopsis

A modified form of the centroid method used in factor analysis is described. Various large sample results are obtained, including a test of significance of the residuals. The method is compared with the corresponding form of maximum likelihood estimation and its efficiency is investigated. A numerical illustration is given of some of the foregoing theory.

Type
Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , 1954 , pp. 175 - 189
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1954

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Lawley, D. N., 1953. “A modified method of estimation in factor analysis and some large sample results”, Nordisk Psykologi's Monograph Series, No. 3, 35–42.Google Scholar
Lawley, D. N., and Swanson, Z., 1954. “Tests of significance in a factor analysis of artificial data”, Brit. J. Statist. Psychol., 7, 75–79.CrossRefGoogle Scholar