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Principal Components Analysis

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  1. Department of Psychology, Psychological Methods and Assessment, Leopoldstraße 13, 80802, Munich, Germany

    Sven Hilbert

  2. Faculty of Psychology, Educational Science, and Sport Science, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany

    Sven Hilbert

  3. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

    Markus Bühner

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Hilbert, S., Bühner, M. (2017). Principal Components Analysis. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1340-1

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