| LC control no. | n 90620578 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Holzinger, Karl J. (Karl John), 1892-1954 |
| Variant(s) | Holzinger, Karl John, 1892- |
| Birth date | 1892-08-09 |
| Death date | 1954-01-15 |
| Place of birth | Washington (D.C.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Factor analysis |
| Affiliation | University of Chicago |
| Profession or occupation | Psychologists |
| Found in | LCCN 25-8045: His Statistical tables for students in education and psychology, c1925 (hdg.: Holzinger, Karl John, 1892- ; usage: Karl J. Holzinger) Names in the history of psychology, 1975: page 435 (Holzinger, Karl John; American psychologist; born August 9, 1892 in Washington, D.C.; died January 15, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois; Ph. D. in mathematics and education, University of Chicago, 1922; positions: University of Chicago, 1923-1954; Holzinger contributed to psychology in the area of factor analysis; he was the main advocate of Spearman's two-factor theory in the United States, but attempted to improve it by presenting his own bi-factor theory; in addition to the many papers and monographs that Holzinger wrote on statistical topics, he coauthored a well known developmental study in which factor analysis was use: Twins: A Study of Heredity and Environment, with H.H. Newman and F. N. Feeman, 1937) |
| Associated language | eng |
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