Asian Nursing Research
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 17-24 , March 2008

Common Factor Analysis Versus Principal Component Analysis: Choice for Symptom Cluster Research

  • Hee-Ju Kim, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Hee-Ju Kim, PhD, RN, Full-time Instructor, Department of Nursing, University Ulsan, Nan-gu Dea-Hak-Ro 102, Ulsan 680-749, Korea

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PII: S1976-1317(08)60025-0

doi: 10.1016/S1976-1317(08)60025-0

Asian Nursing Research
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 17-24 , March 2008