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An Approximation Method for Obtaining a Maximized Multiple Criterion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Robert J. Wherry
Robert J. Wherry*
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina
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Abstract

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A new approximation method for obtaining a maximized multiple criterion, based on the formula of Edgerton and Kolbe (2), is presented. By applications to examples from the literature (1, 2), the new method is evaluated in comparison with the Horst approximation (1), a suggested revision of the Horst procedure, and the more exact but more laborious iterative method for the principal axis solution of Hotelling.

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Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 1940 , pp. 109 - 115
Copyright
Copyright © 1940 The Psychometric Society

References

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