Florian Pargent, David Goretzko and Timo von Oertzen's contribution to the Discussion of ‘Vintage Factor Analysis with Varimax Performs Statistical Inference’ by Rohe & Zeng
Pargent、Goretzko 与 von Oertzen 对《经典因子分析结合 Varimax 可进行统计推断》的讨论
As psychologists, we appreciate Rohe & Zeng’s (R&Z; Rohe & Zeng, 2022) new insights into ‘vintage’ principal component analysis with varimax rotation (PCA+VR). Theories of intelligence and personality, perhaps psychology’s contributions best known outside of our field, have been a direct product of PCA. PCA+VR is still widely used for developing and evaluating psychological tests and questionnaires, although the literature has fought against it in favour of more complex…