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A survey of some studies in methods for the structural analysis of multivariate data in the social sciences

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McDonald, R.P. A survey of some studies in methods for the structural analysis of multivariate data in the social sciences. Interchange 17, 25–40 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01807466

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