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At the beginning, factor analysis encompassed methods taken from experimental psychology and mainly used in the statistical analysis of intelligence or behavioral tests (Burt 1949, Harman 1967, Vincent 1953). Progressively, however, these methods were integrated within the frame of classical statistical methods (Kendall 1950, Kendall & Lawley 1956, Lawley 1955, Lawley & Maxwell 1963), and at present, factor analysis stands among the methods of multivariate statistical analysis, along with component analysis, discriminant analysis and analysis of variance.
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Dagnelie, P. (1978). Factor Analysis. In: Whittaker, R.H. (eds) Ordination of Plant Communities. Handbook of Vegetation Science, vol 5-2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7989-5_8
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