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Literature References - Factor Analysis, Principal Components

[Horst 1965]  P. Horst
Factor Analysis of Data Matrices
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York 1965 
One of the best introductions to factor analysis; recommended 
[Jolliffe 1986] I.T. Jolliffe
Principal Component Analysis
Springer Verlag, New York 1986 
[Malinowski 1991] E.R. Malinowski
Factor analysis in chemistry
Wiley-Interscience: New York, NY, 1991