On the Stability of Rotated Factor Loadings: The Wexler Phenomenon

Author(s):

Jennrich, Robert I.

Publication Year:

1973

Report Number:

RB-73-43

Source:

ETS Research Bulletin

Document Type:

Report

Page Count:

27

Subject/Key Words:

College Board, Error of Measurement, Factor Analysis, Mathematical Formulas, Wexler, Norman

Abstract

The formulas which give the standard errors of factor loading estimates while available and computable are complicated, and our understanding of them is limited. A nontechnical description of their behavior under favorable and unfavorable conditions is given. Of particular interest is their behavior in the presence of singularities arising from equal eigenvalues and undefined rotation. (Author) (27pp.)

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