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International Journal of Statistika and Mathematika, ISSN: 2277- 2790 E-ISSN: 2249-8605

Volume 11, Issue 2, August 2014 pp 53-58

Research Article

Factor analysis based on classical and robust estimators

Muthukrishnan R¹, E D Boobalan²

^1,2Department of Statistics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-46 Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

Academic Editor: Dr. Dase R. K.

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