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The objective of any factor analysis (further abbreviated FA) is to reduce the number of variables by studying the correlation of items in building factors like the clinician studies the relationships between symptoms and syndromes.
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Bobon, D., Troisfontaines, B. (1985). Some Methodological Comments Derived from Factor Analyses of the AMDP-System. In: Pichot, P., Berner, P., Wolf, R., Thau, K. (eds) Clinical Psychopathology Nomenclature and Classification. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5049-9_39
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