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If Thurstone Was Right, What Happens When We Factor Analyze Likert Scales?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Paul E. Spector  and
Michael T. Brannick
Paul E. Spector*
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
Michael T. Brannick
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
*
E-mail: pspector@usf.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, PCD4118, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 2010 , pp. 502 - 503
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2010 

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Department of Psychology, University of South Florida.

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