[Review of the book Factor analysis to 1940

Abstract

Reviews the book, Factor analysis to 1940 by Dael Wolfle. The purpose of this monograph, as announced by the author, is to survey the literature pertaining to Factor-Analysis since Dodds' 1928 Review, and to provide a complete bibliography covering the period 1928-1940. The first forty-three pages provide a general discussion of the various factor methods, the general reasoning, the principal results, the uses and limitations of factor-analysis, written for the general reader with little or no mathematical background. Following this, there is a bibliography of 530 titles and an index. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)