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Using R with Multivariate Statistics is a quick guide to using R, free-access software available for Windows and Mac operating systems that allows users to customize statistical analysis. Designed to serve as a companion to a more comprehensive text on multivariate statistics, this book helps students and researchers in the social and behavioral sciences get up to speed with using R. It provides data analysis examples, R code, computer output, and explanation of results for every multivariate statistical application included. In addition, R code for some of the data set examples used in more comprehensive texts is included, so students can run examples in R and compare results to those obtained using SAS, SPSS, or STATA. A unique feature of the book is the photographs and biographies of famous persons in the field of multivariate statistics.
Exploratory Factor Analysis
Exploratory Factor Analysis
Charles Edward Spearman (September 10, 1863, to September 17, 1945) was born in London, England, and died at the age of 82. Spearman began his interest in psychology at the age of 34 when he began his studies at the Leipzig laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt (the founding father of psychology). Spearman was greatly influenced by the work of Sir Frances Galton who researched hereditary genius and human faculty development. This launched his interest into how individual differences in sensory, motor, and cognitive abilities could be measured using standardized techniques. During his time, Spearman was also influenced by the biological heredity component of genius and how correlations of various variables could indicate cognitive ability. He was no doubt aware ...
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