I. - 1 The Position of Factor Analysis in Psychological Research. - 2 Extracting Factors: The Algebraic Picture. - 3 Rotating Factors: The Geometric Picture. - 4 Fixing the Number of Factors: TheScientific Model 52. - 5 Fixing the Number of Factors: The Most Practicable Psychometric Procedures. - 6 The Theory of Unique Rotational Resolution by Confactor Procrustes and Simple Structure Principles. - 7 The Techniques of Simple Structure Rotation. - 8 More Refined Issues in Rotation and the Use of Oblique Factors. - 9 Higher-Order Factors: Models and Formulas. - 10 The Identification and Interpretation of Factors. - II. - 11 Factor Measures: Their Construction Scoring Psychometric Validity and Consistency. - 12 Broader Experimental Designs and Uses: The Data Box and the New Techniques. - 13 Varieties of Factor Models in Relation to Scientific Models. - 14 Distribution Scaling and Significance Problems. - 15 Conducting a Factor Analytic Research: Strategy and Tactics. - Appendixes. - A. 1. Proposed Standard Notation: Rationale and Outline. - A. 2. An Indexing System for Psychological Factors. - A. 3. Note on Utility of Confactor Resolutions with Oblique Factors. - A. 4. Transformations among SUD SSA and IIA Strata Models: Reversion from the Schmid-Leiman Matrix (IIA). - A. 5. A Practicable Minimum List of Computer Programs. - A. 6. Tables for Statistical Significance of Simple Structure. - A. 7. Tables for Significance of Congruence Coefficients in Factor Matching. - A. 8. Tables for Significance of Salient Variable Similarity Index s. - References. - Author Index. Language: English