Methodological considerations in psychometric validation: Distinguishing between principal components and latent factors
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2. Costello AB OJ. Best practices in exploratory factor analysis: Four recommendations for getting the most from your analysis. Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation 2005;10(1):1-8.
3. Floyd FJ WK. Factor analysis in the development and refinement of clinical assessment instruments. Psychological Assessment. 1995;7(3):286.
4. Polit-O'Hara D YF. Measurement and the measurement of change: A primer for the health professions: Wolters Kluwer.; 2016.
5. Fabrigar LR WD, MacCallum RC, Strahan EJ. Evaluating the use of exploratory factor analysis in psychological research. Psychological Methods. 1999;4(3):272.
6. BM. B. Factor analytic models: Viewing the structure of an assessment instrument from three perspectives. Journal of Personality Assessment 2005;85(1):17-32.
7. Nunnally J BI. Psychometric theory (3rd ed.): McGraw-Hill; 1994.
8. DF. P. Assessing measurement in health: Beyond reliability and validity. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2015;52(11):1746-53.
9. Morgado FF MJ, Neves CM, Amaral AC, Ferreira ME. Scale development: Ten main limitations and recommendations to improve future research practices. Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica. 2017;30(1):3.
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Ghanei Gheshlagh R. Methodological considerations in psychometric validation: Distinguishing between principal components and latent factors. Nurs. pract. today. 2026;:X-X.
