An Investigation of Some Distributional Characteristics of the Measure of Sampling Adequacy
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Educational and Psychological Measurement
- Vol. 39 (3), 543-549
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001316447903900304
Abstract
The distributional characteristics of Kaiser's Measure of Sampling Adequacy (MSA) were investigated in sample matrices generated from multivariate normal populations of specified correlation levels (LC). Systematic variation of sample size (SS) and number of variables (NV) revealed the overall MSA to be most influenced by NV. The implications of these findings for use of the index were discussed.Keywords
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