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István Ottó: Hierarchical factor analysis by the SPSS sofware package

This paper introduces a version of factor analysis scarcely mentioned in the Hungarian litera-ture so far, despite its growing international popularity. The method in question is Schmid and Leiman’s (1957) hierarchical factor analysis, which is suitable for the production of a multi-layered factor structure from the correlations of rotated factors. First the mathematical bases of the method are presented, then the use of the method itself within the SPSS statisti-cal program package is demonstrated through a practical example.

MAGYAR PEDAGÓGIA 103. Number 4. 447-458. (2003)

Address for correspondence: Ottó István, H–7400 Kaposvár, Petőfi S. u. 5.

 
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