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varimax Statistics.|ˈvɛərɪmæks|
[f. variance + maximum.]
A method of factor analysis in which uncorrelated factors are sought by a rotation (rotation 1 d) that maximizes the variance of the factor loadings. Usu. attrib.
1956H. F. Kaiser (title of thesis, Univ. of California) The varimax method of factor analysis. 1958― in Psychometrika XXIII. 187 Dr. John Caffrey suggested the name varimax. 1969Language XLV. 89 The purpose of the varimax rotation was to focus these indices on possible natural groupings of the words according to their positional characteristics. 1974R. L. Gorsuch Factor Analysis x. 193 Varimax is available on virtually every computer which has any programs for factor analysis. 1977M. Mac Gréil Prejudice & Tolerance in Ireland xv. 467 Factor No. 3 ‘Republican Political’..: The high varimax loadings of the four categories which constitute this cluster is akin to that of the racial cluster in Factor 1. |