Factor Analysis

  • Charles E. Brown
Chapter

Abstract

Factor analysis is used to form a subset of uncorrelated theoretical variables called factors that adequately explain the variation in the original variable set.

Keywords

Factor Loading Kind Permission Detrital Sediment Positive Diagonal Factor Correlation Matrix 
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Supplemental Reading

  1. Johnson RA, Wichern DW (1988) Applied multivariate statistical analysis. Prentice-Hall, Englewood CliffsGoogle Scholar

Copyright information

© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998

Authors and Affiliations

  • Charles E. Brown
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  1. 1.International Geohydroscience and Energy Research (IGER) InstituteCentrevilleUSA
  2. 2.Department of ChemistryGeorge Mason UniversityFairfaxUSA

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