Reporting Factor Analyses in Mass Media Research: A Review of Methods.

The article presents a study on a review of methods of reporting factor analysis in mass media research. The study employs 26-item checklist, computer programs, and factor computations. Results revealed that factor analytic applications in mass communication research have been reported and if impres...

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Publicado en:Journal of Broadcasting Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 187 - 199
Autores principales: SMITH, JAMES R., BLASHFIELD, ROGER K.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Broadcast Education Association Spring1977
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          Assistant Professor of Speech at State University of New York at New Paltz
          Assistant Professor of Psychology at Pennsylvania State University
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