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A general framework for obtaining all possible factor analytic solutions, orthogonal and oblique, for a given common factor space is developed in detail. Interestingly, and seemingly paradoxically, any one of these solutions may be obtained by orthogonal transformations of selected matrices; thus an oblique solution may be determined by orthogonal transformations. Within the possible oblique solutions, two distinct categories of solutions emerge, a special case of the simpler of which apparently provides a definitive solution to the problem of independent, but correlated, clusters. Possible further specializations of the general approach to specific problems are discussed.

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   Chester W. Harris & Henry F. Kaiser

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1. Chester W. Harris
2. Henry F. Kaiser

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Harris, C.W., Kaiser, H.F. Oblique factor analytic solutions by orthogonal transformations.Psychometrika 29, 347–362 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02289601

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• Received: 21 February 1964
• Issue date: December 1964
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02289601

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