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ERIC Number: EJ208835
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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The Misuse of Multiple Regression with Composite Scales Obtained from Factor Scores.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v39 n2 p277-90 Sum 1979
Factor scale scores are sometimes used as weights to create composite variables representing the variables included in a factor analysis. If these composite variables are then used to predict some dependent variable, serious theoretical and methodological problems arise. This paper explores these problems and suggests strategies for circumventing them. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables, Research Design, Research Problems, Technical Reports, Weighted Scores
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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