Abstract
This note suggests that the reflection of residuals in the centroid method of factor analysis should be continued, whenever possible, after all the sums of the columns in the correlation matrix, excluding diagonal values, are positive. A criterion is given for determining whether further reflection is possible in such cases.
Similar content being viewed by others
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Holley, J.W. A note on the reflection of signs in the extraction of centroid factors. Psychometrika 12, 263–265 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02288940
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02288940